Fourth Division Table 1985/86

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Swindon Town	46	32	6	8	82	43	+39	102
2	Chester City	46	23	15	8	83	50	+33	84
3	Mansfield Town	46	23	12	11	74	47	+27	81
4	Port Vale	46	21	16	9	67	37	+30	79
5	Leyton Orient	46	20	12	14	79	64	+15	72
6	Colchester United	46	19	13	14	88	63	+25	70
7	Hartlepool United	46	20	10	16	68	67	+1	70
8	Northampton Town	46	18	10	18	79	58	+21	64
9	Southend United	46	18	10	18	69	67	+2	64
10	Hereford United	46	18	10	18	74	73	+1	64
11	Stockport County	46	17	13	16	63	71	-8	64
12	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	9	19	54	61	-7	63
13	Wrexham	46	17	9	20	68	80	-12	60
14	Burnley	46	16	11	19	60	65	-5	59
15	Scunthorpe United	46	15	14	17	50	55	-5	59
16	Aldershot	46	17	7	22	66	74	-8	58
17	Peterborough United	46	13	17	16	52	64	-12	56
18	Rochdale	46	14	13	19	57	77	-20	55
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	9	22	74	73	+1	54
20	Halifax Town	46	14	12	20	60	71	-11	54
21	Exeter City	46	13	15	18	47	59	-12	54
22	Cambridge United	46	15	9	22	65	80	-15	54
23	Preston North End	46	11	10	25	54	89	-35	43
24	Torquay United	46	9	10	27	43	88	-45	37