| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 40 | 77 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 41 | 70 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 41 | 70 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 41 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 41 | 62 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 41 | 59 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 8 | 41 | 58 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 25 | ||||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 41 | 57 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 41 | 56 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | |||
| 11 | 39 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 36 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 40 | 51 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 14 | 41 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | 41 | 49 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 38 | ||||
| 16 | Notts. County | 41 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 17 | 39 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Chester City | 40 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 19 | 41 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Oxford United | 41 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 21 | 40 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 31 | ||||
| 22 | 40 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 43 | ||||
| 23 | 41 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | 40 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 34 | ||||