| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 41 | 89 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Chester City | 42 | 77 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 41 | 72 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 40 | 72 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 28 | |||
| 5 | 43 | 69 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 40 | ||||
| 6 | Stockport County | 43 | 63 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 34 | |||
| 7 | Orient | 41 | 62 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 43 | 60 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 60 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 10 | 43 | 58 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 40 | ||||
| 11 | 42 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 36 | ||||
| 12 | Colchester United | 41 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 40 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 41 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 42 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 41 | 51 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 41 | |||
| 17 | 42 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | 40 | 50 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 42 | ||||
| 19 | Wrexham | 42 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 53 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 41 | 49 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 41 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 46 | |||
| 22 | Cambridge United | 42 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 42 | |||
| 23 | Preston North End | 43 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 43 | |||
| 24 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 45 | ||||