Fourth Division Table 1973/74

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Peterborough United	46	27	11	8	75	38	+37	65
2	Gillingham	46	25	12	9	90	49	+41	62
3	Colchester United	46	24	12	10	73	36	+37	60
4	Bury	46	24	11	11	81	49	+32	59
5	Northampton Town	46	20	13	13	63	48	+15	53
6	Reading	46	16	19	11	58	37	+21	51
7	Chester City	46	17	15	14	54	55	-1	49
8	Bradford City	46	17	14	15	58	52	+6	48
9	Newport County	46	16	14	16	56	65	-9	45*
10	Exeter City	45	18	8	19	58	55	+3	44
11	Hartlepool United	46	16	12	18	48	47	+1	44
12	Lincoln City	46	16	12	18	63	67	-4	44
13	Barnsley	46	17	10	19	58	64	-6	44
14	Swansea City	46	16	11	19	45	46	-1	43
15	Rotherham United	46	15	13	18	56	58	-2	43
16	Torquay United	46	13	17	16	52	57	-5	43
17	Mansfield Town	46	13	17	16	62	69	-7	43
18	Scunthorpe United	45	14	12	19	47	64	-17	42
19	Brentford	46	12	16	18	48	50	-2	40
20	Darlington	46	13	13	20	40	62	-22	39
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	10	22	43	71	-28	38
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	12	11	23	47	80	-33	35
23	Workington	46	11	13	22	43	74	-31	35
24	Stockport County	46	7	20	19	44	69	-25	34

* Newport had one point deducted for fielding an ineligble player.