| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 25 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Gateshead | 26 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 24 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 25 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 25 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 7 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Wrexham | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 24 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 24 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 24 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 13 | 23 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 16 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 24 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 41 | ||||
| 20 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 26 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 34 | |||
| 23 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 36 | ||||