| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 30 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 30 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | 28 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 29 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Exeter City | 30 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 10 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 29 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 27 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 29 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 27 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot Town | 27 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Morecambe | 29 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 28 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 29 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 28 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 28 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Chester City | 30 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Barnet | 29 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 29 | |||