| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 20 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 20 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 20 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 21 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 20 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 20 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 21 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 20 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Chester City | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 31 | ||||