| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 45 | 94 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 45 | 81 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 3 | 45 | 77 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 31 | ||||
| 4 | 45 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 45 | 74 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 41 | |||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 71 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 45 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 45 | 71 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 49 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 46 | 71 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 45 | |||
| 9 | 45 | 65 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | ||||
| 10 | 44 | 63 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | Stockport County | 45 | 62 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 46 | |||
| 12 | Barrow | 46 | 60 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 45 | |||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 45 | 55 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 52 | |||
| 15 | 45 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 57 | ||||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 45 | 55 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 38 | |||
| 17 | 45 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 44 | ||||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 45 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 62 | |||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 53 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 44 | |||
| 20 | 46 | 53 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 58 | ||||
| 21 | 45 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 43 | ||||
| 22 | 45 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 52 | ||||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 44 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 52 | |||
| 24 | 45 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 44 | ||||