| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 41 | 84 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 73 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 41 | 72 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 41 | 72 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 5 | 40 | 70 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 41 | 69 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 41 | 67 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 42 | 63 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 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 | 41 | 57 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 37 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 39 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Swansea Town | 39 | 52 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 43 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 40 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 41 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 16 | Notts. County | 40 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 50 | |||
| 17 | 41 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | 41 | 45 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Port Vale | 41 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 20 | 40 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 34 | ||||
| 21 | Exeter City | 41 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 22 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 36 | ||||
| 23 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 54 | ||||
| 24 | 39 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 42 | ||||