| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 74 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 41 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 4 | 41 | 66 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 37 | |||
| 6 | Port Vale | 41 | 65 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 7 | 42 | 65 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 39 | ||||
| 8 | 43 | 63 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 40 | ||||
| 9 | 42 | 62 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 36 | ||||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 11 | 43 | 60 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 34 | ||||
| 12 | 42 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 36 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 42 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 14 | Barrow | 42 | 59 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 45 | |||
| 15 | Stockport County | 41 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 41 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 57 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 41 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 43 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 42 | 53 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 48 | |||
| 20 | 41 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 51 | ||||
| 21 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 68 | ||||
| 22 | 42 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 53 | ||||
| 23 | 41 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 54 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 41 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 50 | |||