| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 22 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 2 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Orient | 22 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Port Vale | 22 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Southend United | 21 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 23 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 21 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Burnley | 22 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Aldershot | 23 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 22 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 21 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 23 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 22 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Preston North End | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 32 | ||||