| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 14 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 14 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Carlisle United | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 14 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Cambridge United | 14 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | Aldershot | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Maidstone United | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 22 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 23 | Colchester United | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | |||