Third Division Table 1997/98

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Notts County	46	29	12	5	82	43	+39	99
2	Macclesfield Town	46	23	13	10	63	44	+19	82
3	Lincoln City	46	20	15	11	60	51	+9	75
4	Colchester United	46	21	11	14	72	60	+12	74
5	Torquay United	46	21	11	14	68	59	+9	74
6	Scarborough FC	46	19	15	12	67	58	+9	72
7	Barnet	46	19	13	14	61	51	+10	70
8	Scunthorpe United	46	19	12	15	56	52	+4	69
9	Rotherham United	46	16	19	11	67	61	+6	67
10	Peterborough United	46	18	13	15	63	51	+12	67
11	Leyton Orient	46	19	12	15	62	47	+15	66*
12	Mansfield Town	46	16	17	13	64	55	+9	65
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	13	17	61	62	-1	61
14	Chester City	46	17	10	19	60	61	-1	61
15	Exeter City	46	15	15	16	68	63	+5	60
16	Cambridge United	46	14	18	14	63	57	+6	60
17	Hartlepool United	46	12	23	11	61	53	+8	59
18	Rochdale	46	17	7	22	56	55	+1	58
19	Darlington	46	14	12	20	56	72	-16	54
20	Swansea City	46	13	11	22	49	62	-13	50
21	Cardiff City	46	9	23	14	48	52	-4	50
22	Hull City	46	11	8	27	56	83	-27	41
23	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	6	17	23	38	66	-28	35
24	Doncaster Rovers	46	4	8	34	30	113	-83	20

* Leyton Orient had 3 points deducted for fielding suspended players (Mark Warren, Simon Clark and Stuart Hicks)