| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 35 | 66 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 2 | 37 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | ||||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 36 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 36 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 31 | ||||
| 6 | Stockport County | 37 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 35 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 37 | 54 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 36 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | Gillingham | 36 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 36 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | 37 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Burnley | 35 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 14 | 36 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | 36 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 16 | Cambridge United | 33 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 36 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | 36 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 31 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 36 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 37 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 37 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 47 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 37 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 37 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 37 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 41 | |||