| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 25 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 26 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Luton Town | 24 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 25 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 26 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Hartlepools United | 26 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 25 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 24 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 26 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Swansea Town | 25 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 26 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 26 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 40 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 25 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 26 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | Newport County | 25 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 24 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 24 | |||
| 20 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 34 | ||||
| 22 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | ||||