| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Gateshead | 14 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | Barnsley | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Hartlepools United | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | Bradford City | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 20 | Wrexham | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Barrow | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||