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