| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 28 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Wrexham | 29 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 5 | 29 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 30 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Gateshead | 29 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 30 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepools United | 30 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 30 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 29 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 14 | 29 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 28 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 29 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 34 | ||||
| 19 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 46 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 30 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 38 | ||||
| 22 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 35 | ||||