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