| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 73 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 41 | 69 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 3 | Lincoln City | 43 | 64 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 63 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | 39 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 19 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 39 | 62 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 37 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 41 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 9 | 39 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Swansea Town | 42 | 59 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 11 | 42 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 36 | ||||
| 12 | Wrexham | 40 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 40 | 54 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 40 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 43 | 52 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 52 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 17 | 42 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 38 | ||||
| 18 | Brentford | 40 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 43 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 41 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Newport County | 42 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 22 | 38 | 46 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 24 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 68 | ||||