| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 29 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 30 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 29 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 5 | 30 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | Gillingham | 27 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 29 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | Reading | 27 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 28 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 13 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 29 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 29 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 28 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 28 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 29 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 42 | ||||
| 20 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Barrow | 29 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepool | 29 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 24 | Stockport County | 29 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 33 | |||