| # | Team | TG | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form | |
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1 | cheltenham town | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 35 | 19 | 72 | W L W D W |
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2 | cambridge united | 41 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 41 | 20 | 71 | W W W D L |
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3 | bolton wanderers | 41 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 45 | 6 | 70 | W D L W W |
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5 | tranmere rovers | 41 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 65 | D L D D L |
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4 | morecambe | 41 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 66 | W L D L W |
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7 | forest green rovers | 40 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 62 | D L L L L |
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6 | newport county | 40 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 40 | 9 | 62 | L L W D D |
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8 | exeter city | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 46 | 19 | 60 | W L D W L |
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10 | salford city | 40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 58 | L D W W L |
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9 | carlisle united | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 59 | W W W D D |
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12 | bradford city | 40 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 58 | W W D W L |
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11 | leyton orient | 41 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 58 | W W D L D |
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14 | port vale | 41 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 53 | W W W W W |
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15 | stevenage | 41 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 53 | W W W D L |
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13 | crawley town | 41 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 53 | -2 | 56 | L D L D W |
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16 | oldham athletic | 41 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 64 | 68 | -4 | 51 | W L L W W |
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17 | harrogate town | 41 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 48 | -5 | 50 | L D L L D |
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19 | scunthorpe united | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 39 | 51 | -12 | 47 | W D L D L |
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21 | mansfield town | 41 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 46 | 52 | -6 | 46 | D D L D D |
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18 | walsall | 41 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 42 | 47 | -5 | 49 | D D D W W |
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20 | barrow | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 51 | -2 | 46 | L W D D W |
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22 | colchester united | 41 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 39 | 59 | -20 | 41 | D L D D L |
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23 | southend united | 41 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 53 | -29 | 37 | D W L D D |
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24 | grimsby town | 40 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 58 | -28 | 34 | W D D D L |
