| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 40 | 77 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 2 | 38 | 74 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| 3 | Blackpool | 39 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 39 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | 39 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | Colchester United | 40 | 66 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 41 | 64 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 34 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 40 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 30 | |||
| 10 | 40 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 41 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 40 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 38 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 15 | 41 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 31 | ||||
| 16 | Exeter City | 41 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 51 | |||
| 17 | 40 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 46 | ||||
| 18 | Stockport County | 38 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 43 | |||
| 19 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 33 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 40 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 41 | |||
| 22 | Chester City | 39 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 40 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 41 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 41 | |||