| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Carlisle United | 39 | 74 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | ||
| 2nonMover | Grimsby Town | 40 | 71 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 24 | ||
| 3nonMover | Northampton Town | 40 | 69 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 20 | ||
| 4nonMover | Leyton Orient | 40 | 67 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 27 | ||
| 5nonMover | Wycombe Wanderers | 40 | 65 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 23 | ||
| 6nonMover | Cheltenham Town | 40 | 61 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | ||
| 7nonMover | Peterborough United | 40 | 56 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 24 | ||
| 8nonMover | Lincoln City | 40 | 56 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 32 | ||
| 9nonMover | Bristol Rovers | 40 | 56 | -5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | ||
| 10MovingDown | Wrexham | 39 | 54 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 29 | ||
| 11nonMover | Darlington | 39 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 24 | ||
| 12nonMover | Mansfield Town | 40 | 51 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 35 | ||
| 13nonMover | Shrewsbury Town | 40 | 51 | -2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 30 | ||
| 14MovingUp | Boston United | 40 | 51 | -10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||
| 15nonMover | Notts. County | 40 | 49 | -11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 31 | ||
| 16nonMover | Rochdale | 37 | 45 | -2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | ||
| 17nonMover | Macclesfield Town | 39 | 45 | -10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 38 | ||
| 18MovingUp | Bury | 39 | 45 | -11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 | ||
| 19MovingDown | Oxford United | 40 | 45 | -11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | ||
| 20MovingUp | Chester City | 39 | 43 | -7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 29 | ||
| 21MovingDown | Stockport County | 39 | 43 | -18 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 40 | ||
| 22MovingDown | Barnet | 39 | 42 | -14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 31 | ||
| 23nonMover | Rushden & Diamonds | 40 | 41 | -25 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 39 | ||
| 24MovingDown | Torquay United | 39 | 39 | -19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 34 | ||