| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 43 | 90 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 44 | 81 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 43 | 78 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 44 | 76 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 45 | 75 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 45 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 7 | 44 | 71 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 33 | ||||
| 8 | Aldershot | 44 | 67 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 36 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 43 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 40 | |||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 62 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 39 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 43 | 58 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 43 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 37 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 42 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 42 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 47 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 43 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 36 | |||
| 16 | Notts. County | 42 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 50 | |||
| 17 | 43 | 48 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 18 | Port Vale | 44 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 41 | |||
| 19 | 43 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 42 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 21 | 42 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 37 | ||||
| 22 | 43 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 38 | ||||
| 23 | 42 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 54 | ||||
| 24 | 42 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 44 | ||||