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