Third Division Table 1995/96

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	23	17	6	78	38	+40	86
2	Gillingham	46	22	17	7	49	20	+29	83
3	Bury	46	22	13	11	66	48	+18	79
4	Plymouth Argyle	46	22	12	12	68	49	+19	78
5	Darlington	46	20	18	8	60	42	+18	78
6	Hereford United	46	20	14	12	65	47	+18	74
7	Colchester United	46	18	18	10	61	51	+10	72
8	Chester City	46	18	16	12	72	53	+19	70
9	Barnet	46	18	16	12	65	45	+20	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	20	10	16	62	56	+6	70
11	Northampton Town	46	18	13	15	51	44	+7	67
12	Scunthorpe United	46	15	15	16	67	61	+6	60
13	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	11	19	49	60	-11	59
14	Exeter City	46	13	18	15	46	53	-7	57
15	Rochdale	46	14	13	19	57	61	-4	55
16	Cambridge United	46	14	12	20	61	71	-10	54
17	Fulham	46	12	17	17	57	63	-6	53
18	Lincoln City	46	13	14	19	57	73	-16	53
19	Mansfield Town	46	11	20	15	54	64	-10	53
20	Hartlepool United	46	12	13	21	47	67	-20	49
21	Leyton Orient	46	12	11	23	44	63	-19	47
22	Cardiff City	46	11	12	23	41	64	-23	45
23	Scarborough FC	46	8	16	22	39	69	-30	40
24	Torquay United	46	5	14	27	30	84	-54	29