| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 28 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 29 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 29 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 5 | 28 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | 30 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 8 | Colchester United | 26 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 28 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 10 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Exeter City | 28 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 28 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 27 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 28 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Brentford | 26 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 20 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 28 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 29 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |||