| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aldershot | 29 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 28 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 3 | 30 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 23 | ||||
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 30 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 29 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 28 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | 27 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 26 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 29 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | 28 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 29 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Wrexham | 26 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 27 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 31 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 29 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 29 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 29 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Exeter City | 28 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 24 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 45 | ||||