| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 25 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 23 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 25 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 27 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Swansea City | 25 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 27 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Aldershot | 27 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 26 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 11 | Lincoln City | 26 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 33 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepool | 26 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 25 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 27 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 19 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | Newport County | 27 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 33 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | ||||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||