| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 29 | 53 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Carlisle United | 29 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 29 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 30 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 29 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 30 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 11 | 30 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 30 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 28 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 14 | 29 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 26 | ||||
| 15 | Chester City | 29 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 30 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 28 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Barnet | 29 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 35 | ||||