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