| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Barnsley | 44 | 89 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 29 | |||
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 45 | 83 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 35 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 45 | 80 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 4 | 44 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 34 | ||||
| 5 | 44 | 79 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 35 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 45 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 37 | |||
| 7 | 45 | 69 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 46 | |||
| 9 | Stockport County | 46 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 43 | |||
| 10 | 45 | 65 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 32 | ||||
| 11 | 44 | 65 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 63 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 43 | |||
| 13 | 44 | 60 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | 46 | 56 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 45 | ||||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 44 | 55 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 16 | 45 | 55 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 48 | ||||
| 17 | Barrow | 44 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 54 | |||
| 18 | 45 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 50 | ||||
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 45 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 38 | |||
| 20 | Wrexham | 45 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 45 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 41 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 44 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 23 | 45 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 48 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 56 | |||