| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 31 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | 31 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | Chesterfield | 32 | 61 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 32 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Blackpool | 32 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 32 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 34 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 10 | 33 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 34 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 32 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 13 | 33 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | 34 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 40 | ||||
| 15 | Stockport County | 31 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 32 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 33 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 30 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Chester City | 31 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 21 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 22 | Wrexham | 32 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 23 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 33 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 37 | |||