| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 26 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 26 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 25 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 26 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Macclesfield Town | 26 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | 25 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 26 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | Oxford United | 27 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Chester City | 26 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 25 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 22 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 23 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 26 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||