| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 13 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 13 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 13 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 13 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 17 | Maidstone United | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 19 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 22 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 23 | Colchester United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | |||