| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 42 | 83 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Blackpool | 41 | 77 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 3 | 41 | 77 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 27 | ||||
| 4 | 40 | 77 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | 41 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | 42 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Colchester United | 42 | 67 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 42 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 42 | |||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 42 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 12 | Aldershot | 40 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 42 | 52 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 15 | 42 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 33 | ||||
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 51 | |||
| 17 | 43 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 48 | ||||
| 18 | Stockport County | 40 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 45 | |||
| 19 | Wrexham | 42 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 41 | |||
| 20 | 38 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 34 | ||||
| 21 | Chester City | 41 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 42 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 23 | 41 | 40 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 43 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 41 | |||