| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 24 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 24 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 8 | Chester City | 24 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 24 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 25 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Notts. County | 24 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 24 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 24 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 34 | ||||