| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 32 | 62 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 28 | ||||
| 2 | 33 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Swansea City | 33 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 33 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 33 | 54 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 6 | 33 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | ||||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 32 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 8 | 33 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 33 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 33 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 33 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 13 | 32 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 33 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 33 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 33 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 33 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 33 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 33 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Chester City | 33 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 22 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 35 | ||||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 33 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 25 | |||