| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 16 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Colchester United | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 16 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 16 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 15 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 16 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 16 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 15 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Stockport County | 16 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| 22 | Wrexham | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Chester City | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||