| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 24 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Chester City | 24 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 24 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Orient | 24 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 7 | 23 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | 24 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | Burnley | 24 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 23 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 23 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 24 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 24 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 23 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 22 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 26 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 24 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Preston North End | 24 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 32 | ||||