| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 23 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 24 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 25 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 22 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 23 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | 24 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | Colchester United | 23 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 23 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 23 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 23 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Brentford | 23 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 23 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 23 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 23 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 31 | |||