| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Port Vale | 20 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 20 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepools United | 20 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Barrow | 20 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Bradford City | 20 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 27 | ||||