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 13 25   3 3 0 12 4   4 1 2 11 12
3 13 25   6 0 1 14 6   2 1 3 9 13
4 Port Vale 13 24   5 2 0 20 4   2 1 3 4 5
5 Chester City 12 24   4 2 1 12 3   3 1 1 14 10
6 Mansfield Town 13 24   5 2 0 15 4   2 1 3 7 7
7 Orient 13 24   4 1 1 15 5   3 2 2 11 12
8 14 22   4 2 1 15 10   2 2 3 5 16
9 13 20   5 1 0 17 6   1 1 5 5 13
10 12 20   5 1 0 13 5   1 1 4 3 14
11 12 19   4 0 1 11 5   2 1 4 4 10
12 Peterborough United 12 18   4 1 1 9 5   1 2 3 11 12
13 13 17   4 2 1 12 6   1 0 5 4 14
14 Northampton Town 13 16   3 0 3 12 7   2 1 4 15 13
15 Tranmere Rovers 12 15   2 0 3 15 11   2 3 2 9 10
16 Aldershot 13 14   3 1 3 14 8   1 1 4 4 14
17 Burnley 13 14   3 0 4 7 9   1 2 3 5 10
18 Exeter City 12 13   3 1 2 6 5   0 3 3 5 11
19 12 13   0 3 1 6 8   3 1 4 10 15
20 Halifax Town 13 12   3 2 2 11 10   0 1 5 5 13
21 Preston North End 12 12   3 1 3 15 14   0 2 3 5 14
22 Cambridge United 14 12   3 1 3 13 11   0 2 5 7 22
23 13 10   3 1 3 11 13   0 0 6 2 17
24 Scunthorpe United 13 9   2 2 2 8 6   0 1 6 4 13