| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 33 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 57 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 31 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 32 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 27 | |||
| 6 | 32 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 32 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 8 | 32 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 9 | Walsall | 33 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 31 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 32 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 32 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 33 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | ||||
| 16 | 32 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 17 | 32 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 18 | Colchester United | 32 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 19 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 20 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 33 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 36 | |||