| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 38 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 33 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 39 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 3 | 39 | 68 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 28 | ||||
| 4 | Macclesfield Town | 38 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Swansea City | 39 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 39 | 62 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 20 | |||
| 7 | 38 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 39 | 60 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 39 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 39 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 39 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 38 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 13 | 38 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 50 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 39 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 39 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 17 | 39 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | 46 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 38 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 39 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Chester City | 39 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 22 | 39 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 39 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 28 | |||