| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 30 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | ||||
| 3 | Barnsley | 29 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Stockport County | 30 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | 28 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 28 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 12 | 29 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 15 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 28 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 28 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 37 | |||
| 20 | 29 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | ||||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 27 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 29 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 30 | |||