| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 22 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 20 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Barnet | 21 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Hull City | 21 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | Blackpool | 21 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Macclesfield Town | 21 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 20 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 17 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| 22 | Exeter City | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 19 | |||