| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 14 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 7 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Barrow | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 19 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | ||||