| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 30 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 30 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Derby County | 30 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 32 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 32 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 32 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 8 | 32 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | ||||
| 9 | 29 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Stockport County | 32 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 11 | 31 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 12 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | 29 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | 33 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 32 | ||||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 40 | |||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 32 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 17 | 30 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 18 | 31 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 34 | ||||
| 19 | Wrexham | 32 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 40 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 32 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 32 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 42 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 59 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 48 | |||