| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 19 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Gateshead | 19 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Wrexham | 19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 5 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 19 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 18 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Barrow | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 13 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 18 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 21 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 23 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | ||||
| 24 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 31 | ||||