| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 25 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | 25 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Barnsley | 25 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Accrington Stanley | 25 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 6 | 25 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | 25 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | Stockport County | 26 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 25 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 25 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | ||||
| 15 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | 25 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 26 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 25 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Barrow | 25 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 25 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||