| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | Port Vale | 14 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 14 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Swansea City | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | Newport County | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 18 | Southend United | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepool | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | ||||