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