| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 40 | 87 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 40 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 41 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 4 | 41 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 42 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 41 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 43 | |||
| 7 | 41 | 65 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 41 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 44 | |||
| 9 | 41 | 58 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 35 | ||||
| 10 | 40 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 11 | Barrow | 40 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 41 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 59 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 40 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 44 | |||
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 40 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 46 | |||
| 15 | 41 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 51 | ||||
| 16 | 41 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 40 | ||||
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 39 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 19 | 41 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 50 | ||||
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 41 | 45 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 41 | |||
| 21 | 41 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 49 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 40 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 44 | |||
| 23 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 40 | ||||
| 24 | 41 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 43 | ||||