| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Barnet | 40 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 40 | 77 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Wrexham | 41 | 77 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 26 | |||
| 4 | 42 | 75 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 30 | ||||
| 5 | Walsall | 40 | 67 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 30 | |||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 7 | 41 | 63 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 36 | ||||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 40 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 40 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 40 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 33 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 39 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 45 | |||
| 12 | 40 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 38 | ||||
| 13 | 40 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | 40 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 41 | ||||
| 15 | 40 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 40 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | 40 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 33 | ||||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 41 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 44 | |||
| 20 | Gillingham | 40 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 21 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 41 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 40 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 31 | |||