| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aldershot | 21 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | 20 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 22 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 21 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Southend United | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 21 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 19 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Swansea Town | 21 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 21 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 20 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 21 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 23 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | Notts. County | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 41 | ||||