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