| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hull City | 29 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 28 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 31 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | Wimbledon | 28 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 28 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 27 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 28 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 27 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | ||||
| 9 | Halifax Town | 28 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Stockport County | 30 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 28 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 28 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 29 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 27 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 32 | ||||
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 20 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 38 | ||||
| 21 | Bristol City | 29 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | ||||