| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 21 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 21 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 21 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 21 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 21 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 21 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Chester City | 21 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Barnet | 21 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | Macclesfield Town | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||