| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Notts. County | 33 | 52 | 2.67 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | ||
| 2nonMover | Bournemouth & Bosc. Ath. | 33 | 45 | 1.75 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | ||
| 3nonMover | Northampton Town | 34 | 44 | 1.44 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 20 | ||
| 4nonMover | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 44 | 1.37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 26 | ||
| 5nonMover | Chester | 33 | 39 | 1.26 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 27 | ||
| 6nonMover | Southport | 35 | 38 | 1.20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 24 | ||
| 7nonMover | Colchester United | 29 | 37 | 1.50 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | ||
| 8nonMover | York City | 32 | 37 | 1.41 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 27 | ||
| 9nonMover | Darlington | 33 | 36 | 1.24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | ||
| 10nonMover | Stockport County | 33 | 35 | 0.83 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 29 | ||
| 11nonMover | Exeter City | 34 | 34 | 0.96 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 33 | ||
| 12nonMover | Peterborough United | 32 | 33 | 0.96 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 35 | ||
| 13nonMover | Workington | 30 | 32 | 1.22 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | ||
| 14nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 32 | 0.95 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | ||
| 15nonMover | Aldershot | 32 | 31 | 0.92 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 31 | ||
| 16nonMover | Scunthorpe United | 33 | 30 | 0.85 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | ||
| 17nonMover | Cambridge United | 33 | 30 | 0.79 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | ||
| 18nonMover | Brentford | 30 | 28 | 0.98 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | ||
| 19nonMover | Lincoln City | 32 | 27 | 1.07 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 28 | ||
| 20nonMover | Southend United | 32 | 27 | 0.67 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 31 | ||
| 21nonMover | Grimsby Town | 32 | 25 | 0.65 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 36 | ||
| 22nonMover | Hartlepool | 32 | 19 | 0.48 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 26 | ||
| 23nonMover | Barrow | 33 | 12 | 0.51 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 37 | ||
| 24nonMover | Newport County | 33 | 11 | 0.46 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 42 | ||