| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Gateshead | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Barrow | 12 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 17 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | ||||