| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 17 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Gateshead | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Wrexham | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Barnsley | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Barrow | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 31 | ||||