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