| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 28 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | 30 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 4 | Exeter City | 26 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 28 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 26 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Maidstone United | 27 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 26 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 28 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 25 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 27 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | 29 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | 29 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 28 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 29 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 37 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 28 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 28 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 29 | |||