| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 23 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 24 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Luton Town | 21 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 23 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 6 | Brentford | 23 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 23 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 22 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 23 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 23 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Swansea Town | 23 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 22 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 23 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 23 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Newport County | 23 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 23 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 20 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | Exeter City | 22 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 24 | |||
| 23 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | ||||