| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 18 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 18 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 19 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Orient | 19 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Colchester United | 19 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Burnley | 19 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Wrexham | 19 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 13 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 19 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 19 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Preston North End | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 19 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 24 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 26 | ||||