| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wrexham | 20 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 20 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 19 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 20 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Swansea City | 20 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 25 | ||||
| 9 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Aldershot | 20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 19 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 28 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 20 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 20 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 20 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | ||||