| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 29 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Gillingham | 28 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 26 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Swansea City | 28 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 28 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 28 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 27 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Newport County | 29 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 27 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 27 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepool | 28 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 29 | ||||
| 17 | Barnsley | 27 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Rotherham United | 27 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Brentford | 28 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 28 | ||||
| 22 | Stockport County | 29 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 32 | |||
| 24 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 27 | ||||