| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 31 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Lincoln City | 31 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 4 | 32 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | Brentford | 32 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | 29 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | 31 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Colchester United | 31 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 30 | 44 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | 30 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | Reading | 29 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 30 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 31 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 31 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 30 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 31 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 30 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 19 | 30 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 44 | ||||
| 20 | Barrow | 31 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 21 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | ||||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool | 31 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |||