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