| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 24 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 3 | Barrow | 25 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 4 | 25 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 23 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 22 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 24 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Newport County | 23 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Aldershot | 26 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 24 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 24 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 22 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 24 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 25 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 25 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Notts. County | 23 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 21 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 22 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | Lincoln City | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 24 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | ||||