| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 44 | 98 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Bristol City | 45 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 79 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 32 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 44 | 78 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 39 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 44 | 74 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 37 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 43 | 69 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 44 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 44 | 64 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 9 | 44 | 64 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 45 | ||||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Stockport County | 44 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 38 | |||
| 12 | 44 | 60 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 44 | 57 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 33 | |||
| 15 | 44 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 29 | ||||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 44 | 55 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 17 | 43 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 45 | 53 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 43 | |||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 42 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 44 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 60 | |||
| 21 | 45 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 49 | ||||
| 22 | Wrexham | 42 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 38 | |||
| 23 | 44 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 57 | ||||
| 24 | Chester City | 44 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 46 | |||