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