| 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 | Southend United | 11 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Chester City | 10 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Orient | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Port Vale | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Burnley | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 18 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Preston North End | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Cambridge United | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |||