| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 41 | 89 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Bristol City | 43 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 39 | 73 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 31 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 40 | 72 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 40 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 40 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 41 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 40 | 58 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 10 | 40 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 42 | ||||
| 11 | 41 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 41 | 56 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 40 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 55 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 42 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 16 | 40 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 42 | 49 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 18 | 39 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 41 | |||
| 20 | 42 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 41 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 40 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 41 | 39 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 57 | |||
| 23 | 42 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 55 | ||||
| 24 | Chester City | 40 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 | |||