| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 26 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 26 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Southend United | 25 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 25 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 25 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 9 | 25 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | 25 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | Reading | 24 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 25 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 25 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 24 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 24 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 25 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 39 | ||||
| 19 | Exeter City | 25 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepool | 25 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Barrow | 25 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |||