| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 30 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 30 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Lincoln City | 30 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepool United | 30 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 30 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | 30 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 30 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 9 | 30 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 30 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Chester City | 29 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Barnet | 29 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 17 | 30 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 29 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 30 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 31 | ||||