| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 21 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 22 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | 22 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Colchester United | 22 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 21 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 22 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 21 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Cambridge United | 21 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 21 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 21 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |||