| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 17 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Chester City | 17 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 17 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 17 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 17 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 17 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 20 | Barnet | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | Macclesfield Town | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 24 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | ||||