| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Brentford | 19 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 19 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | Colchester United | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 19 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 19 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 19 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 19 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Newport County | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 22 | Barrow | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 23 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 30 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepool | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 23 | |||