| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 29 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 32 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 31 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 4 | 32 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | 31 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 6 | Wrexham | 32 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 8 | Barrow | 32 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 31 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 10 | 32 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 41 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 31 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 33 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 15 | 33 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 45 | ||||
| 16 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 31 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 18 | 32 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 40 | ||||
| 19 | 32 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 42 | ||||
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 31 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 35 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 33 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 23 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | 31 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 33 | ||||