| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 29 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 32 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Southend United | 30 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 31 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 5 | 29 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | 29 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | Aldershot | 29 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Hartlepools United | 30 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 32 | |||
| 9 | 29 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | Brentford | 31 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 29 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Swansea Town | 28 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 29 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 30 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 41 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 31 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 16 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 17 | Port Vale | 30 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 19 | 31 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 39 | ||||
| 20 | 30 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Exeter City | 29 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 24 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | ||||