| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 27 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 26 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 28 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 28 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 27 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | 27 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Notts. County | 27 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 28 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Oxford United | 28 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Chester City | 26 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Macclesfield Town | 27 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Barnet | 28 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 20 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 34 | ||||