| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 39 | 79 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 41 | 74 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Wrexham | 37 | 71 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 39 | 68 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 40 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 40 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 38 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 41 | 66 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 8 | 43 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 40 | ||||
| 9 | 40 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 37 | ||||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 39 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 11 | Lincoln City | 40 | 57 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 38 | 57 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 13 | 38 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 42 | ||||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 39 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 43 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 38 | |||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 39 | 47 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 19 | 41 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 55 | ||||
| 20 | 42 | 43 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 39 | ||||
| 21 | Newport County | 41 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 48 | |||
| 22 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepool | 41 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 39 | |||
| 24 | 41 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 51 | ||||