| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 18 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Chesterfield | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | Luton Town | 15 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 18 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 17 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepools United | 17 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 17 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Port Vale | 16 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | Notts. County | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 21 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 30 | ||||
| 23 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| 24 | Exeter City | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||