| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 41 | 82 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 40 | 77 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 40 | 73 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 34 | |||
| 4 | Newport County | 38 | 72 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 41 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 40 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Wigan Athletic | 39 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 32 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 41 | 60 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 40 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 46 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 39 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 11 | 38 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | ||||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 13 | 39 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 29 | ||||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 38 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 41 | |||
| 15 | 41 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 44 | ||||
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 40 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 39 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Stockport County | 40 | 47 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 38 | |||
| 19 | 38 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 46 | ||||
| 20 | 40 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Port Vale | 41 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 43 | |||
| 22 | 41 | 40 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 45 | ||||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 39 | |||
| 24 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 48 | ||||