| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 2 | 37 | 70 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | 37 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 25 | ||||
| 4 | Brentford | 39 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 38 | 67 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 39 | |||
| 6 | 38 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 7 | 37 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | 39 | 54 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 9 | Colchester United | 38 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 39 | |||
| 10 | Gillingham | 36 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 38 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 38 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 36 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 37 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 38 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 38 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 45 | |||
| 17 | Hartlepool | 38 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 38 | |||
| 18 | 39 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | 38 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 53 | ||||
| 20 | Barrow | 38 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 21 | Newport County | 36 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Aldershot | 37 | 38 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Stockport County | 37 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 45 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 40 | |||