| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 32 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Chester City | 35 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Stockport County | 35 | 58 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 34 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 6 | 32 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 7 | Orient | 32 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 8 | 32 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | ||||
| 9 | Burnley | 32 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 32 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 31 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 34 | |||
| 13 | 32 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 31 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 33 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 42 | |||
| 15 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 30 | ||||
| 16 | Exeter City | 33 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 30 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Peterborough United | 30 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 32 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 21 | 32 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | Cambridge United | 34 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 39 | |||
| 23 | Preston North End | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 36 | ||||