| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 20 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 19 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Chesterfield | 18 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Blackpool | 20 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | Colchester United | 19 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 19 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 17 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 21 | Exeter City | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Chester City | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||