| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aldershot | 33 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 2 | 33 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 3 | Colchester United | 31 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 4 | 30 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | 32 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 25 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 32 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 33 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Southend United | 31 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 31 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 29 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 31 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Brentford | 32 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 32 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 16 | 32 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | Newport County | 34 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 31 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 33 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 32 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 21 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Exeter City | 31 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 24 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 52 | ||||