| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 5 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 7 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 20 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Gateshead | 20 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 16 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 20 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 20 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | Wrexham | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||