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