| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 3 | 27 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | 26 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Port Vale | 26 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 28 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | 28 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | ||||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Hartlepools United | 28 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 27 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | Barrow | 28 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 28 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 28 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | 27 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 28 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 35 | ||||
| 21 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 46 | ||||
| 22 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 38 | ||||
| 24 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 33 | ||||