| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 41 | 88 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 41 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 42 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 40 | |||
| 4 | 42 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 30 | ||||
| 5 | Wrexham | 42 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 43 | |||
| 6 | 42 | 68 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 43 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 44 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 42 | 61 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 45 | |||
| 9 | 42 | 59 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 35 | ||||
| 10 | 41 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 11 | Stockport County | 41 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 44 | |||
| 12 | 42 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 51 | ||||
| 13 | 42 | 53 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 40 | ||||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 59 | |||
| 16 | Barrow | 41 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 42 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 52 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 41 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 47 | |||
| 19 | 42 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 50 | ||||
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 48 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 41 | |||
| 21 | 42 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 49 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 41 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 49 | |||
| 23 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 41 | ||||
| 24 | 42 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 44 | ||||