| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bury | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 47:27 | 20 | 42 | |
| 2. | Wycombe | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31:25 | 6 | 38 | |
| 3. | Shrewsbury | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 36:31 | 5 | 37 | |
| 4. | Chesterfield | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 26:20 | 6 | 35 | |
| 5. | Torquay | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 38:31 | 7 | 31 | |
| 6. | Gillingham | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 38:33 | 5 | 31 | |
| 7. | Stevenage | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25:21 | 4 | 31 | |
| 8. | Macclesfield | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34:37 | -3 | 30 | |
| 9. | Hereford | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27:36 | -9 | 30 | |
| 10. | Aldershot | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 28:28 | 0 | 29 | |
| 11. | Rotherham | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 34:34 | 0 | 28 | |
| 12. | Cheltenham | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 32:45 | -13 | 28 | |
| 13. | Oxford Utd | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26:35 | -9 | 26 | |
| 14. | Port Vale | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22:27 | -5 | 25 | |
| 15. | Morecambe | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28:42 | -14 | 25 | |
| 16. | Southend | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25:28 | -3 | 24 | |
| 17. | Accrington | 23 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 20:31 | -11 | 23 | |
| 18. | Lincoln | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 27:40 | -13 | 22 | |
| 19. | Crewe | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 38:47 | -9 | 20 | |
| 20. | Barnet | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28:42 | -14 | 19 | |
| 21. | Northampton | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23:38 | -15 | 19 | |
| 22. | Bradford City | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16:38 | -22 | 19 | |
| 23. | Stockport County | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17:45 | -28 | 17 | |
| 24. | Burton | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20:39 | -19 | 16 |