| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 22 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Southend United | 21 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 22 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 8 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | Cambridge United | 21 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 21 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 21 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 21 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 21 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 21 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Exeter City | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 30 | ||||
| 22 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Barrow | 21 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||