| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Swindon Town | 39 | 85 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | ||
| 2nonMover | Chester City | 41 | 74 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 31 | ||
| 3nonMover | Mansfield Town | 38 | 72 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | ||
| 4nonMover | Port Vale | 40 | 69 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | ||
| 5nonMover | Stockport County | 41 | 63 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | ||
| 6nonMover | Hartlepool United | 39 | 62 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 34 | ||
| 7nonMover | Northampton Town | 40 | 60 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 27 | ||
| 8nonMover | Orient | 39 | 56 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 35 | ||
| 9nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 54 | -6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 32 | ||
| 10nonMover | Burnley | 39 | 53 | -2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | ||
| 11nonMover | Exeter City | 41 | 53 | -7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 29 | ||
| 12nonMover | Colchester United | 38 | 52 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 36 | ||
| 13nonMover | Southend United | 39 | 52 | -4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 33 | ||
| 14nonMover | Hereford United | 39 | 51 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 37 | ||
| 15nonMover | Wrexham | 41 | 50 | -15 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 50 | ||
| 16nonMover | Rochdale | 38 | 49 | -10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 39 | ||
| 17nonMover | Peterborough United | 39 | 48 | -6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | ||
| 18nonMover | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | ||
| 19nonMover | Halifax Town | 38 | 46 | -10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 40 | ||
| 20nonMover | Scunthorpe United | 39 | 45 | -10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 29 | ||
| 21nonMover | Cambridge United | 41 | 44 | -19 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 41 | ||
| 22nonMover | Aldershot | 39 | 43 | -17 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 44 | ||
| 23nonMover | Preston North End | 41 | 41 | -25 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 39 | ||
| 24nonMover | Torquay United | 39 | 36 | -34 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 44 | ||