| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 44 | 83 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 33 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 45 | 79 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 25 | |||
| 3 | 45 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 33 | ||||
| 4 | Stockport County | 45 | 71 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 5 | 45 | 71 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 35 | ||||
| 6 | 45 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 40 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 45 | 68 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 45 | 68 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 44 | 67 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 44 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 36 | |||
| 11 | 45 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | 45 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 32 | ||||
| 13 | 44 | 62 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | Gillingham | 44 | 59 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 45 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 16 | 45 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 45 | ||||
| 17 | Burnley | 44 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 18 | 44 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | 45 | 52 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 54 | ||||
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 45 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Wrexham | 45 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Aldershot | 44 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 43 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 45 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 45 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 50 | |||