| # | English Division Four | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | Exeter City | 46 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 83 | 48 | 89 | 35 | Promoted | |
| ^ | Grimsby Town | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 70 | 47 | 79 | 23 | Promoted | |
| ^ | Southend United | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 48 | 75 | 13 | Promoted | |
| - | Stockport County | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 68 | 62 | 74 | 6 | ||
| - | Maidstone United | 46 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 77 | 61 | 73 | 16 | ||
| Cambridge United | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 76 | 66 | 73 | 10 | Promoted | ||
| - | Chesterfield | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 63 | 50 | 71 | 13 | ||
| - | Carlisle United | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 60 | 71 | 1 | ||
| - | Peterborough United | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 59 | 46 | 68 | 13 | ||
| - | Lincoln City | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 68 | 0 | ||
| - | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 69 | 54 | 66 | 15 | ||
| - | Rochdale | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 52 | 55 | 66 | -3 | ||
| - | York City | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 55 | 53 | 64 | 2 | ||
| - | Gillingham | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 48 | 62 | -2 | ||
| - | Torquay United | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 53 | 66 | 57 | -13 | ||
| - | Burnley | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 45 | 55 | 56 | -10 | ||
| - | Hereford United | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 56 | 62 | 55 | -6 | ||
| - | Scarborough | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 60 | 73 | 55 | -13 | ||
| - | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 66 | 88 | 55 | -22 | ||
| - | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 60 | 51 | -7 | ||
| - | Wrexham | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 51 | 67 | 51 | -16 | ||
| - | Aldershot | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 69 | 50 | -20 | ||
| - | Halifax Town | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 57 | 65 | 49 | -8 | ||
| * | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 48 | 75 | 43 | -27 | Relegated |