| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 25 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 26 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | 25 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Colchester United | 25 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 25 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 11 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 25 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 25 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 26 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 25 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 25 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 25 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 25 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |||