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