| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 54 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Brentford | 29 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 29 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 28 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | 26 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | 28 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | 27 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 27 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Reading | 26 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 28 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 28 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 28 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 27 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 40 | ||||
| 18 | Newport County | 27 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 28 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Hartlepool | 28 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 28 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | ||||