| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 40 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Wrexham | 40 | 67 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 36 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 40 | 64 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 6 | 41 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | ||||
| 7 | 40 | 63 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | 41 | 61 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 36 | ||||
| 9 | 41 | 60 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | 42 | 60 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | 41 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 34 | ||||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 40 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 14 | Barrow | 41 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 45 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 41 | 56 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 16 | Hartlepools United | 41 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 42 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 39 | 53 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 40 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 47 | |||
| 20 | 40 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 49 | ||||
| 21 | 41 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 25 | 65 | ||||
| 22 | 40 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 54 | ||||
| 23 | 41 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 52 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 40 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 50 | |||