| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Port Vale | 21 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Barrow | 21 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 22 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 19 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Bradford City | 21 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 27 | ||||