| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 35 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Wrexham | 34 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 33 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 6 | 34 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 7 | 35 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | ||||
| 8 | 34 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | 34 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | 35 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 32 | ||||
| 11 | Barrow | 35 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 40 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 34 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepools United | 35 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 35 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Stockport County | 34 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 17 | 33 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 34 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 34 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 40 | |||
| 20 | 34 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 42 | ||||
| 21 | 33 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 44 | ||||
| 22 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 55 | ||||
| 23 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 46 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 33 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 41 | |||