| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Wrexham | 24 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Port Vale | 24 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Gateshead | 25 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 25 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Barrow | 25 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 13 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 26 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 16 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | ||||
| 17 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | 24 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 19 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 28 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 25 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 43 | ||||
| 22 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 36 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 30 | ||||