| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 20 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | 20 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 20 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 19 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 21 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 20 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Chester City | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||