| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 24 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 23 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 23 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Blackpool | 23 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Barnet | 24 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Macclesfield Town | 24 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 22 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Exeter City | 25 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | |||