| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 14 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Chester City | 13 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Oxford United | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Notts. County | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Barnet | 13 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Peterborough United | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 19 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Macclesfield Town | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 22 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||