| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 37 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 38 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 38 | 63 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 37 | 60 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 38 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 38 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 37 | 53 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 37 | 51 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 37 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 38 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 14 | 36 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Notts. County | 38 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 16 | 36 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| 17 | 38 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 40 | ||||
| 18 | Macclesfield Town | 37 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 38 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 20 | 37 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Barnet | 37 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 33 | ||||
| 23 | 38 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | Chester City | 36 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||