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