| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 27 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | 27 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Barrow | 28 | 48 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 28 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Hartlepools United | 29 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 29 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 26 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 26 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 28 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 26 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 27 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 26 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 27 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 28 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 27 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 28 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | Luton Town | 28 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | ||||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 25 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |||