| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 42 | 86 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 22 | |||
| 2 | 40 | 85 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | 40 | 75 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | 42 | 74 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | 40 | 72 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | 40 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 41 | 68 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 42 | 66 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 42 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 42 | 58 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 41 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Morecambe | 41 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | |||
| 14 | 42 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Barnet | 40 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 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 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 41 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 38 | |||
| 20 | Chester City | 41 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 41 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 40 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 31 | |||