| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 34 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | ||||
| 2 | Newport County | 33 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 3 | 35 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 34 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 34 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Cambridge United | 35 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Aldershot | 34 | 51 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Gillingham | 34 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 34 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Stockport County | 33 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 31 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 33 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 35 | 44 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Hartlepool | 35 | 43 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 16 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 34 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Peterborough United | 34 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 38 | |||
| 19 | 33 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | 34 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 34 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 32 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 38 | |||
| 24 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 33 | ||||