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