| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 38 | 65 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Aldershot | 38 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 36 | 58 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 33 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 36 | 57 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 35 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| 6 | 38 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 30 | ||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 39 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 8 | 34 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Swansea Town | 37 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 10 | 36 | 52 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 32 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 34 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | Port Vale | 36 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 37 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 34 | ||||
| 15 | Brentford | 37 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 35 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 38 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 38 | 44 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 37 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 38 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 37 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 34 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 24 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 59 | ||||