| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 43 | 95 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Bristol City | 44 | 76 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 41 | 76 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 32 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 42 | 74 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 42 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 37 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 41 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 43 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 42 | 61 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 10 | 43 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 29 | ||||
| 11 | Stockport County | 42 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 36 | |||
| 13 | 42 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 45 | ||||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 43 | 57 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 15 | 42 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 29 | ||||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 42 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 17 | 41 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 44 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 42 | |||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 41 | |||
| 20 | 44 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 46 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 43 | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 60 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 41 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 38 | |||
| 23 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 57 | ||||
| 24 | Chester City | 42 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 43 | |||