| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 13 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 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 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Port Vale | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Orient | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 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 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Exeter City | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 18 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 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 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | ||||