| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 19 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 19 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Lincoln City | 19 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 19 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Notts. County | 19 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 15 | Wrexham | 18 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Chester City | 19 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Barnet | 19 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 23 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | Macclesfield Town | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||