| Pos | Team | Pl | Home | Away | Pts | GD | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 46 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 86 | 34 |
| 2 | Bury | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 27 | 81 | 32 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 80 | 19 |
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 79 | 23 |
| 5 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 73 | 18 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 46 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 69 | 17 |
| 7 | Torquay United | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 68 | 21 |
| 8 | Gillingham | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 68 | 10 |
| 9 | Rotherham United | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 66 | 15 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 65 | 22 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 65 | 5 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 63 | -2 |
| 13 | Southend United | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 61 | 6 |
| 14 | Aldershot Town | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 61 | 0 |
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 55 | -14 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 46 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 52 | -8 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 45 | 52 | -21 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 46 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 52 | -25 |
| 19 | Burton Albion | 46 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 39 | 51 | -14 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 51 | -19 |
| 21 | Hereford United | 46 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 50 | -16 |
| 22 | Barnet | 46 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 48 | -19 |
| 23 | Lincoln City | 46 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 47 | -36 |
| 24 | Stockport County | 46 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 45 | 41 | -48 |