| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 16 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 16 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 16 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 16 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Brentford | 16 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Swansea City | 16 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 16 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 23 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | ||||