Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Colchester United 12 25   5 1 0 16 4   3 0 3 11 10
2 Southend United 12 25   3 3 0 12 4   4 1 1 11 8
3 Chester City 11 24   4 2 0 12 2   3 1 1 14 10
4 12 22   5 0 1 12 5   2 1 3 9 13
5 Port Vale 12 21   4 2 0 16 4   2 1 3 4 5
6 Mansfield Town 12 21   4 2 0 13 3   2 1 3 7 7
7 Orient 12 21   4 1 1 15 5   2 2 2 9 11
8 12 20   5 1 0 17 6   1 1 4 4 11
9 11 19   5 0 0 12 4   1 1 4 3 14
10 12 19   3 2 1 9 8   2 2 2 5 10
11 Peterborough United 11 17   4 1 1 9 5   1 1 3 9 10
12 11 16   4 0 1 11 5   1 1 4 3 10
13 Northampton Town 12 15   3 0 3 12 7   2 0 4 14 12
14 Burnley 12 14   3 0 4 7 9   1 2 2 4 7
15 12 14   3 2 1 9 5   1 0 5 4 14
16 Exeter City 11 13   3 1 2 6 5   0 3 2 4 9
17 Tranmere Rovers 11 12   2 0 3 15 11   1 3 2 7 9
18 Halifax Town 12 12   3 2 1 10 8   0 1 5 5 13
19 11 12   0 2 1 4 6   3 1 4 10 15
20 Cambridge United 12 12   3 1 2 12 9   0 2 4 5 16
21 Preston North End 11 11   3 1 3 15 14   0 1 3 4 13
22 Aldershot 12 11   2 1 3 8 8   1 1 4 4 14
23 12 9   3 0 3 10 12   0 0 6 2 17
24 Scunthorpe United 12 8   2 2 2 8 6   0 0 6 3 12