| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 34 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 60 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 32 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 33 | 57 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 27 | |||
| 6 | 33 | 53 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 26 | ||||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 33 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 34 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 9 | 33 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 10 | 32 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 33 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 34 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 33 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 33 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Colchester United | 33 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 16 | 34 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | ||||
| 17 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | 33 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | 33 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 39 | ||||
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 31 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 21 | 33 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 34 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 36 | |||