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