| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wrexham | 37 | 66 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 64 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 37 | 61 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 6 | 37 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | 39 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 31 | ||||
| 8 | 38 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | ||||
| 9 | 39 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | 38 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | 38 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | Barrow | 38 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 43 | |||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 38 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 14 | Stockport County | 37 | 52 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 37 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 38 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 38 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 39 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 37 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 38 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 43 | |||
| 20 | 37 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 48 | ||||
| 21 | 38 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 60 | ||||
| 22 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 44 | ||||
| 23 | 38 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 50 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 37 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 44 | |||