| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 42 | 92 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 16 | |||
| 2 | 42 | 91 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Barnet | 42 | 71 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 29 | |||
| 5 | 42 | 70 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 43 | ||||
| 6 | Exeter City | 42 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 33 | |||
| 7 | 42 | 67 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 41 | ||||
| 8 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 30 | |||
| 9 | 42 | 61 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | ||||
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 11 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 57 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 31 | |||
| 12 | Telford United | 42 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 13 | 42 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | ||||
| 14 | Burton Albion | 42 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 30 | |||
| 15 | 42 | 51 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 29 | ||||
| 16 | 42 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| 17 | 42 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 38 | ||||
| 18 | 42 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 44 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 42 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 40 | |||
| 21 | 42 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 53 | ||||
| 22 | 42 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 42 | ||||