| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 39 | 74 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 39 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 39 | 66 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 39 | 66 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 39 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 39 | 61 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 39 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 39 | 56 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 38 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 39 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 38 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 39 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 14 | 38 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 15 | Notts. County | 39 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 16 | 37 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | ||||
| 17 | Macclesfield Town | 38 | 45 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 39 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 38 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 40 | ||||
| 20 | 38 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Barnet | 38 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 33 | ||||
| 23 | 39 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | Chester City | 37 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 28 | |||