| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 22 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 22 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | 22 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 22 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 22 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Notts. County | 22 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Chester City | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 17 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 23 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | ||||