| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 40 | 83 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 70 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | |||
| 3 | 40 | 70 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 29 | ||||
| 4 | Barnsley | 40 | 69 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 40 | 69 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Bradford City | 40 | 68 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 40 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 41 | 60 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 34 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 40 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 40 | |||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 39 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 37 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 40 | 57 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 38 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 39 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 38 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 42 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 40 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 16 | Notts. County | 39 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 50 | |||
| 17 | 40 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | Port Vale | 40 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 19 | 39 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 34 | ||||
| 20 | 40 | 42 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Exeter City | 40 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 22 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 54 | ||||
| 24 | 39 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 42 | ||||