| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 79 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Chester City | 42 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 31 | |||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 70 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 42 | 67 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 37 | |||
| 6 | 42 | 67 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 32 | ||||
| 7 | 42 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 42 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 42 | 60 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | ||||
| 10 | Walsall | 42 | 60 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 11 | 42 | 59 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 30 | ||||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 32 | |||
| 13 | 42 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 34 | ||||
| 14 | 42 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 33 | ||||
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Gillingham | 42 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 42 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 42 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 42 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 20 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 46 | ||||
| 21 | 42 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 36 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 42 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 43 | |||