| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 33 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Gillingham | 32 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 28 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 30 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 30 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Swansea City | 32 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 31 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Newport County | 32 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 9 | 32 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 32 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 30 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 30 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | Barnsley | 31 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 15 | Hartlepool | 32 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 34 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 18 | 29 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 34 | ||||
| 19 | 32 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 28 | ||||
| 20 | Rotherham United | 30 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 32 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 33 | ||||
| 23 | Stockport County | 32 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 35 | |||