| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 20 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 20 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 19 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Chester City | 19 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 19 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | Morecambe | 19 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | Barnet | 20 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 16 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Brentford | 20 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 19 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | |||