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