| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 38 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 40 | 73 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Wrexham | 37 | 71 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 38 | 67 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Brentford | 40 | 66 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 39 | 64 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 38 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 37 | |||
| 8 | 41 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 38 | ||||
| 9 | 39 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 36 | ||||
| 10 | Colchester United | 38 | 57 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Lincoln City | 39 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 38 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 14 | 37 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 40 | ||||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 38 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 38 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 18 | 40 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 52 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 39 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 20 | 41 | 42 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 39 | ||||
| 21 | Newport County | 40 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 48 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 40 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 36 | |||
| 23 | 39 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 41 | ||||
| 24 | 39 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 46 | ||||