| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aldershot | 26 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 24 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 27 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 25 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Halifax Town | 24 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 26 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Swansea Town | 26 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | 25 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Port Vale | 26 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 25 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Wrexham | 24 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 27 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | Newport County | 26 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 25 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 26 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 26 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 24 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 45 | ||||