| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 41 | 76 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 25 | |||
| 3 | 42 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 4 | 42 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 32 | ||||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 41 | 66 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 6 | 42 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 36 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 42 | 65 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 41 | 64 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Stockport County | 42 | 62 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 10 | 41 | 58 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 39 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Gillingham | 41 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 13 | 42 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | 42 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 15 | 42 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 16 | Burnley | 41 | 52 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 17 | 41 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | 42 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 41 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 41 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 42 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 42 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 23 | 42 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 54 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 42 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 42 | |||