| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 36 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 31 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 36 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 3 | 36 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 28 | ||||
| 4 | Swansea City | 36 | 60 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Macclesfield Town | 35 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 35 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 36 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 36 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 36 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Cheltenham Town | 36 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 35 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 15 | 35 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 36 | 44 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 35 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 35 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 36 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 20 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 31 | ||||
| 21 | Chester City | 36 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 27 | |||