| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 44 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 37 | ||||
| 2 | 44 | 77 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 31 | ||||
| 3 | Scunthorpe United | 44 | 76 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Swansea City | 44 | 74 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Macclesfield Town | 44 | 72 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 44 | 71 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 22 | |||
| 7 | 44 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | ||||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 44 | 66 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 44 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | |||
| 10 | 44 | 62 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 44 | 60 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 44 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 13 | 44 | 57 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 31 | ||||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 44 | 57 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 57 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 44 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 28 | |||
| 17 | 44 | 55 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 44 | 54 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 44 | 51 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Chester City | 44 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 22 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 33 | ||||
| 23 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 43 | ||||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 44 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 35 | |||