| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 23 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 23 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Chester City | 23 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Notts. County | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 23 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 23 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 23 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 18 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 23 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 34 | ||||