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