| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 18 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Blackpool | 18 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 18 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Colchester United | 18 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 18 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 18 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 18 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 18 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 13 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | Stockport County | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 18 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 18 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Chester City | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 24 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 26 | ||||