| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 23 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Stockport County | 25 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 23 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | Gillingham | 23 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 23 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 24 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 23 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 24 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 23 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 23 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 18 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 24 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 23 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 24 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 24 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 37 | ||||