| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 28 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 28 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 29 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Wrexham | 24 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 28 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 30 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 29 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 29 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 29 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 29 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 29 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 27 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 34 | ||||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 26 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 30 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Hartlepool | 30 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 19 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 36 | ||||
| 20 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Newport County | 29 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 35 | ||||
| 24 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 32 | ||||