| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 25 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | 25 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Gillingham | 22 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 24 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 24 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 24 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 23 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 13 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 23 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 24 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 23 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 18 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | Exeter City | 24 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 20 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Stockport County | 24 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 24 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | |||