| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 44 | 76 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 43 | 71 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 3 | Lincoln City | 45 | 68 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 4 | 41 | 66 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | Halifax Town | 39 | 66 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 6 | 41 | 64 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | Bradford City | 41 | 64 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 44 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 38 | |||
| 9 | 40 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Wrexham | 43 | 62 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Swansea Town | 43 | 59 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 12 | 43 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 36 | ||||
| 13 | Port Vale | 43 | 58 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 42 | 57 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 44 | 56 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 45 | 55 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 17 | 43 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 38 | ||||
| 18 | 42 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 45 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 43 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Newport County | 44 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 44 | |||
| 22 | 41 | 46 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 48 | ||||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 44 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 38 | |||
| 24 | 43 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 71 | ||||