| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Wrexham | 36 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 36 | 61 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 6 | 38 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | ||||
| 7 | 36 | 57 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 34 | ||||
| 8 | 36 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | 37 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 10 | 37 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | Barrow | 37 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 43 | |||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 37 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 36 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 36 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Hartlepools United | 37 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 16 | 36 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 37 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 36 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 40 | |||
| 20 | 35 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 45 | ||||
| 21 | 36 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 44 | ||||
| 22 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 57 | ||||
| 23 | 36 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 49 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 43 | |||