| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 89 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 43 | 85 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 41 | 79 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 35 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 42 | |||
| 5 | 41 | 74 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 43 | 73 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 41 | |||
| 7 | Stockport County | 43 | 63 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 43 | 63 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 9 | 43 | 62 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 41 | ||||
| 10 | 43 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 44 | ||||
| 11 | 42 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 43 | ||||
| 12 | 41 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 34 | ||||
| 13 | 44 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 49 | ||||
| 14 | 43 | 57 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 42 | ||||
| 15 | Wrexham | 43 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 44 | |||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 51 | |||
| 17 | 42 | 52 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 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 | 42 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 48 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 46 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 50 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 44 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 57 | |||
| 23 | 42 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 79 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 66 | |||