| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Carlisle United | 32 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 32 | 55 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 32 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 31 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 32 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 7 | 32 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 31 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 32 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 32 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 32 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Wrexham | 29 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 32 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 15 | 30 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 27 | ||||
| 16 | Macclesfield Town | 31 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Chester City | 31 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Barnet | 30 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 31 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 22 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 23 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 24 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 36 | ||||