| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 19 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 19 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | Stockport County | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 19 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 19 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Barrow | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 19 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||