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