| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 20 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 20 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Orient | 20 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | Port Vale | 19 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 21 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | Colchester United | 19 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Burnley | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Wrexham | 20 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | Aldershot | 21 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 20 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 20 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 20 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Preston North End | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Cambridge United | 21 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 26 | ||||