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