| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Bradford City | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 10 | Barnsley | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Barrow | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||