| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 22 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 22 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Chester City | 22 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | Wrexham | 22 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 22 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 22 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 22 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 22 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 15 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 22 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Barnet | 22 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 22 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 23 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 28 | ||||