| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 26 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 3 | Barnsley | 28 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 28 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Barrow | 28 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 27 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Stockport County | 27 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 27 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | ||||
| 12 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 27 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 38 | ||||
| 20 | 28 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 41 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 29 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 35 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 39 | ||||
| 23 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 35 | ||||
| 24 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | ||||