| 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 | 29 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 30 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | Bradford City | 29 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Southend United | 28 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 29 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 26 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 29 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 29 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 28 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 32 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | 29 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 30 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Notts. County | 29 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 29 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 49 | ||||