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