| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 29 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 2 | 28 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Barnsley | 28 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 26 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Stockport County | 29 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 6 | 26 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | 27 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 27 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | ||||
| 15 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 25 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 27 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 26 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 28 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 27 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 37 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 30 | |||