| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 20 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 20 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 20 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 20 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 20 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Chester City | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 19 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | Barnet | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||