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