| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 43 | 90 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 43 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 3 | 44 | 74 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 31 | ||||
| 4 | Bradford City | 44 | 74 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 40 | |||
| 5 | 44 | 72 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 45 | 71 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 44 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 44 | 71 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 47 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 44 | 65 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 45 | |||
| 9 | 44 | 62 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | ||||
| 10 | 43 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | Barrow | 44 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 42 | |||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 43 | 58 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 45 | |||
| 14 | 44 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 55 | ||||
| 15 | 44 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 42 | ||||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 44 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 60 | |||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 44 | 52 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 43 | |||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 44 | 52 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 51 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 52 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 38 | |||
| 20 | 44 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 57 | ||||
| 21 | 44 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 43 | ||||
| 22 | 44 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 52 | ||||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 43 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 49 | |||
| 24 | 44 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 44 | ||||