| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 19 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 20 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Luton Town | 17 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 18 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Newport County | 19 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 19 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | Notts. County | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Port Vale | 19 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 30 | ||||
| 22 | Exeter City | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 23 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||