| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 22 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 23 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Barnsley | 21 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Bradford City | 22 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 21 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Barrow | 21 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 13 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 34 | ||||