| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 34 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Wrexham | 33 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 32 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 33 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 6 | 33 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Barrow | 34 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 9 | 34 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | 33 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 12 | 33 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 34 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 33 | 47 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Stockport County | 33 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Hartlepools United | 34 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 17 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 19 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 40 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 33 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 40 | |||
| 21 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 55 | ||||
| 22 | 32 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 44 | ||||
| 23 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 46 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 32 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 38 | |||