| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 29 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 2 | Stockport County | 31 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 27 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 4 | 30 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 29 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 27 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 8 | 30 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Gillingham | 29 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 29 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 26 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Burnley | 26 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 28 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 29 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 30 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 30 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | 27 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | Colchester United | 31 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 23 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 41 | ||||
| 24 | Wrexham | 29 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 24 | |||