| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 34 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 32 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 3 | 32 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | ||||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 30 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 24 | ||||
| 6 | Stockport County | 34 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 7 | 30 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | ||||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 31 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 32 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 32 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 31 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | ||||
| 13 | 31 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | 30 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 31 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 17 | 32 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 18 | 33 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 41 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 31 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 21 | Barrow | 31 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 44 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 30 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 32 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 32 | |||