| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Blackpool | 25 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 24 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 25 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 23 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 23 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| 16 | Aldershot | 23 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Stockport County | 22 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 25 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 22 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 21 | Exeter City | 23 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | Wrexham | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Chester City | 22 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||