| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 44 | 93 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 19 | ||||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 44 | 89 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 22 | |||
| 3 | 43 | 79 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | 44 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | 43 | 78 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | 44 | 75 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 44 | 75 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 44 | 68 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 44 | 68 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 44 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Morecambe | 44 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 44 | 59 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | |||
| 13 | Barnet | 44 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 14 | 44 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 31 | ||||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 44 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 44 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 38 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 42 | |||
| 18 | 44 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 43 | ||||
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 44 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 20 | Chester City | 43 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 44 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 44 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 36 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 43 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 38 | |||