| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 31 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 31 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 32 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 6 | 33 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | Colchester United | 28 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 31 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 30 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 33 | |||
| 10 | 31 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 32 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | 28 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Aldershot | 30 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 31 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 30 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 30 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 27 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 20 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 32 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 29 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 31 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 40 | |||