| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Derby County | 42 | 85 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 30 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 40 | 83 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 41 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 39 | |||
| 4 | Accrington Stanley | 39 | 73 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 35 | |||
| 5 | 40 | 73 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 42 | 70 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 41 | |||
| 7 | 42 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | ||||
| 8 | Stockport County | 42 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 9 | 41 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 41 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 41 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 40 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | 41 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 43 | ||||
| 13 | 43 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 49 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 42 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 43 | |||
| 15 | 41 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 41 | ||||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 51 | |||
| 17 | 41 | 52 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 43 | ||||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 43 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 54 | |||
| 19 | 42 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 52 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 41 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 47 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 43 | 43 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 50 | |||
| 22 | 40 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 74 | ||||
| 23 | Barrow | 43 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 57 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 61 | |||