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