| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 37 | 67 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 35 | 67 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 36 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 36 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 36 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 31 | |||
| 6 | 36 | 56 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 28 | ||||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 37 | 56 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 36 | 56 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 9 | 37 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | 36 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | 36 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 37 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 13 | 35 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | Gillingham | 36 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 15 | 37 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 37 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 37 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 37 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 37 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 20 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 41 | ||||
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 35 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 33 | ||||