| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 84 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 2 | 42 | 81 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 28 | ||||
| 3 | Brentford | 43 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 4 | 41 | 76 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 42 | 71 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 41 | |||
| 6 | 42 | 67 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 7 | Colchester United | 43 | 61 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 44 | |||
| 8 | 41 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | 42 | 58 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 41 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 40 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 40 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 42 | 56 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 37 | |||
| 13 | Gillingham | 40 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 36 | |||
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 56 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 41 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Hartlepool | 42 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 43 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 50 | |||
| 18 | 42 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 57 | ||||
| 19 | Barrow | 43 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 38 | |||
| 20 | Newport County | 40 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 45 | |||
| 21 | 42 | 45 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 22 | Aldershot | 42 | 44 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Stockport County | 42 | 39 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 46 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 42 | |||