| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 43 | 85 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 2 | 43 | 81 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 28 | ||||
| 3 | Brentford | 44 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 4 | 43 | 78 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 44 | 73 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 44 | |||
| 6 | 44 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 33 | ||||
| 7 | Colchester United | 44 | 64 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 44 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 43 | 63 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 36 | |||
| 9 | 43 | 61 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | 44 | 61 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 44 | 59 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 38 | |||
| 12 | Gillingham | 42 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 39 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 42 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 42 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 43 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 44 | 56 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 16 | Hartlepool | 44 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 42 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 45 | |||
| 18 | Barrow | 44 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 38 | |||
| 19 | 43 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 57 | ||||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 44 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 52 | |||
| 21 | 44 | 47 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 22 | Aldershot | 43 | 45 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Stockport County | 43 | 39 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 49 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 44 | |||