| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 36 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 34 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 33 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 34 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 28 | ||||
| 5 | 33 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 26 | ||||
| 6 | 34 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 29 | ||||
| 7 | Stockport County | 37 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 33 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 34 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 34 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 13 | 34 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | 34 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 40 | ||||
| 16 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 35 | ||||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 35 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 18 | 35 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 42 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 34 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Barrow | 33 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 47 | |||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 34 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 24 | Bradford City | 32 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | |||