| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 28 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 27 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 28 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Orient | 26 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 7 | 28 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 8 | Burnley | 27 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 26 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 12 | Colchester United | 27 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 13 | 28 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 30 | ||||
| 14 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Aldershot | 26 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 25 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 26 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 26 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 29 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 27 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Preston North End | 28 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 35 | ||||