| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 41 | 85 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 40 | 85 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | 41 | 74 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | 39 | 74 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | 39 | 69 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 40 | 67 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 7 | 39 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 24 | ||||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 41 | 63 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 41 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Morecambe | 40 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 40 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 41 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Bradford City | 40 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 27 | |||
| 14 | 41 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Barnet | 39 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 42 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 37 | |||
| 17 | 42 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 42 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 40 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 41 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Chester City | 40 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 35 | |||
| 21 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 40 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 40 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 39 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 31 | |||