| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 23 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 22 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Gillingham | 21 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 23 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 22 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 22 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 22 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 22 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 22 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 30 | ||||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Stockport County | 22 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepool | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Barrow | 22 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||