| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 24 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Gateshead | 25 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 3 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 23 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Wrexham | 24 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 24 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Barrow | 23 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 23 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 23 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 23 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | 24 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 37 | ||||
| 20 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 25 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 31 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | ||||