| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 16 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 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 | Peterborough United | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 16 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepool | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Brentford | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||