| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 16 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Walsall | 16 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 16 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 16 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 16 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Chester City | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | Wrexham | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Barnet | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 23 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |||