| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepool United | 36 | 73 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Walsall | 36 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 35 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 35 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 36 | 63 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 27 | |||
| 6 | 35 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 35 | 57 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 8 | 36 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 36 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 36 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Chester City | 36 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 36 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 34 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 17 | 34 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Barnet | 35 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 35 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Macclesfield Town | 35 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 21 | 36 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 37 | ||||
| 22 | Wrexham | 35 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 39 | |||
| 23 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 35 | ||||