IV Division. 24 teams as usual. The last – relegated to Conference (Non-league); the top 3 teams directly promoted to Third Division and the next 4 teams competed for the last promotion in play-offs.
Colchester United – last with 43 points and relegated to Conference.
Halifax Town – 23rd with 49 points.
Aldershot – 22nd with 50 points.
Wrexham – 21st with 51 points. Terrible season, surely, but they were going to play in Europe – as losing finalist in the Welsh Cup. As it happened often, the winner was English team and could not represent Wales, so the losing finalist was going to play in the Cup Winners Cup.
Doncaster Rovers – 20th with 51 points.
Hartlepool United – 19th with 55 points.
Scarborough – 18th with 55 points.
Hereford United – 17th with 55 points.
Burnley – 16th with 56 points.
Torquay United – 15th with 57 points.
Gillingham – 14th with 62 points.
York City – 13th with 64 points.
Rochdale – 12th with 66 points.
Scunthorpe United – 11th with 66 points.
Lincoln City – 10th with 68 points.
Peterborough United – 9th with 68 points.
Carlisle United – 8th with 71 points. Missed promotion play-offs on worse goal-difference.
Chesterfield – 7th with 71 points. Quilified to promotion play-offs on better goal-difference than Carlisle United, but lost 0-1 to Cambridge there and remained in the league.
Cambridge United – 6th with 73 points and qualified to promotion play-offs. Did not do so well in the regular championship, but excelled in the play-offs: first they eliminated Maidstone United 1-1 and 2-0 and then, on Wembley, prevailed over Chesterfield 1-0 and were promoted to Third Division.
Maidstone United – 5th with 73 points. Great season for the newcomers – they reached promotion play-offs, had a chance to climb even higher in the professional League football. Alas, Cambridge eliminated them in the first play-off round. Still, it was great season for the club.
Stockport County – 4th with 74 points, but Chesterfield eliminated them in the promotion play-offs 0-4 and 0-2.
Southend United – 3rd with 75 points and promoted to Third Division.
Grimsby Town – 2nd with 79 points and promoted to Third Division.
Exeter City had a great season – 28 wins, 5 ties, 13 losses, 83-48 scoring record and 89 points: they finished 10 points ahead of Grimsby.
Confident champions if only of Forth Division. Of course, promoted up and hoping for better there.