| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wrexham | 18 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 18 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Chesterfield | 18 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 18 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 18 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Swansea City | 18 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 18 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Notts. County | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 18 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 18 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 18 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepool | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 18 | |||
| 23 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | ||||