| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 26 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 24 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 24 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | 26 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 24 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Barnet | 25 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | Hull City | 25 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 26 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 23 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 25 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 22 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 31 | ||||
| 23 | Exeter City | 27 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | |||