| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 25 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | 26 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Bristol City | 26 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 27 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 25 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 27 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 24 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 27 | ||||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 25 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 26 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 25 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 27 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 15 | 27 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 26 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| 21 | 25 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 23 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 35 | ||||
| 24 | Chester City | 25 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||