| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 22 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 21 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | Blackpool | 23 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 21 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 22 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 22 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 8 | 22 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 21 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 22 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 21 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 21 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 22 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Chester City | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 23 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | Wrexham | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||