| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 32 | 59 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 32 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 33 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 32 | 52 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Exeter City | 32 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 32 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 32 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 28 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 30 | 41 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 29 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 14 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | 30 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | Notts. County | 32 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 30 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 19 | 31 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Port Vale | 30 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 31 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Barnet | 31 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Chester City | 33 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 38 | |||
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 31 | |||