| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 18 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Chester City | 18 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 18 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 18 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 13 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Barnet | 18 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 17 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | Macclesfield Town | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 24 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | ||||