| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 51 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Brentford | 28 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 27 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 5 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | 25 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 26 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 25 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 27 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 27 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 26 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 27 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 26 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 27 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 40 | ||||
| 20 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Barrow | 27 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 22 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool | 27 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | |||