| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 6 | Wrexham | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 12 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Stockport County | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 15 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Barrow | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 17 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||