| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aldershot | 23 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 24 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | 21 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Halifax Town | 21 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 22 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 7 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | 23 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | Southend United | 23 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Swansea Town | 24 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 23 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 24 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 13 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 23 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Newport County | 23 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Peterborough United | 22 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | Notts. County | 23 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 21 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 25 | ||||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Exeter City | 25 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 24 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 42 | ||||