| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 33 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 33 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepool United | 32 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 31 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | 32 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 32 | 51 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 32 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 9 | 32 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 32 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Chester City | 30 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 31 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Barnet | 31 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 17 | 31 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 19 | 31 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | 30 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | 32 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | ||||
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 31 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 31 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 36 | |||
| 24 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 32 | ||||