| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 2 | 35 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Brentford | 37 | 66 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 35 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 37 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 39 | |||
| 6 | 36 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 7 | 35 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Gillingham | 35 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 37 | 53 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 36 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 36 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 36 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 34 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 36 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 36 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 36 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 43 | |||
| 17 | Barrow | 37 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 34 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 19 | 36 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 53 | ||||
| 20 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 35 | ||||
| 21 | Aldershot | 35 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 36 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 38 | |||
| 23 | Stockport County | 35 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 39 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 40 | |||