| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 23 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Swansea City | 23 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | Macclesfield Town | 23 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 22 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 7 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 22 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 15 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 23 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Chester City | 23 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 22 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Cambridge United | 22 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 24 | ||||