| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 12 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 11 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 12 | Exeter City | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 12 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 17 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| 22 | Brentford | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||