| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 17 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Chester City | 16 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Orient | 17 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 16 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Wrexham | 17 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 12 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Burnley | 17 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 17 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Preston North End | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Cambridge United | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 24 | ||||