| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Chester City | 19 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 19 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 19 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | Notts. County | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 19 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | Barnet | 20 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 19 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | ||||