| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 16 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 15 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Gateshead | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | Wrexham | 16 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Barrow | 15 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 15 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 14 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | ||||