| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 15 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 15 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Southend United | 15 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Chester City | 14 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Orient | 15 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 8 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 15 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Burnley | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | Exeter City | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | Preston North End | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 24 | ||||