| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 39 | 88 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 40 | 85 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | 40 | 69 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 40 | ||||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Barnet | 40 | 67 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 40 | 66 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 31 | |||
| 7 | 40 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 40 | ||||
| 8 | Stevenage Borough | 40 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 27 | |||
| 9 | 40 | 57 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 40 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 39 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Telford United | 38 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Burton Albion | 40 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 14 | 40 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 30 | ||||
| 15 | 40 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | 39 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | 40 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 37 | ||||
| 18 | 40 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 40 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Farnborough Town | 40 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 38 | |||
| 21 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 51 | ||||
| 22 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 40 | ||||