| Division Three | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brentford (R) | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 79 | 56 | 23 | 85 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 78 | 48 | 30 | 81 |
| 3 | Cardiff City | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 60 | 39 | 21 | 80 |
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 69 | 58 | 11 | 74 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 79 | 61 | 18 | 73 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 68 | 59 | 9 | 72 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 71 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 60 | 58 | 2 | 67 |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 72 | 56 | 16 | 66 |
| 10 | Halifax Town (P) | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 66 |
| 11 | Darlington | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 69 | 58 | 11 | 65 |
| 12 | Exeter City | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 50 | -3 | 63 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle (R) | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 61 |
| 14 | Chester City | 46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 57 | 66 | -9 | 57 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 52 | 63 | -11 | 56 |
| 16 | Barnet | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 71 | -17 | 55 |
| 17 | Brighton and Hove A | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 66 | -17 | 55 |
| 18 | Southend United (R) | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 52 | 58 | -6 | 54 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 55 | -13 | 54 |
| 20 | Torquay United | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 58 | -11 | 53 |
| 21 | Hull City | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 44 | 62 | -18 | 53 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 65 | -13 | 51 |
| 23 | Carlisle United (R) | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 43 | 53 | -10 | 49 |
| 24 | Scarborough | 46 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 50 | 77 | -27 | 48 |