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