| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 27 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Orient | 26 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | Port Vale | 27 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 7 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 8 | Southend United | 25 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | Colchester United | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 25 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 24 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 24 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 25 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 24 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 27 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 27 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 22 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Preston North End | 26 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 32 | ||||