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