| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 13 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 13 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | Colchester United | 13 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Blackpool | 13 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Chester City | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Exeter City | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Wrexham | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 22 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||