| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Wrexham | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepools United | 16 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Barrow | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Stockport County | 16 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||