| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Derby County | 19 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 19 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 10 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 13 | Wrexham | 19 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | Stockport County | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 17 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 31 | ||||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Barrow | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 29 | |||