| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 30 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 28 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 31 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Macclesfield Town | 31 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 30 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 7 | 31 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 29 | 45 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 9 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | Cheltenham Town | 31 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 30 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 31 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 31 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 31 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Chester City | 31 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 30 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 22 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 31 | ||||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 31 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||