| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 43 | 90 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 44 | 88 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 79 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 37 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 45 | 79 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 42 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 43 | 79 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 42 | |||
| 6 | 43 | 77 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 29 | ||||
| 7 | Stockport County | 44 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 44 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 9 | 44 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 44 | ||||
| 10 | 44 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 41 | ||||
| 11 | 43 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 34 | ||||
| 12 | 44 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 45 | ||||
| 13 | 45 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 52 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 44 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 44 | |||
| 15 | 44 | 57 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 44 | ||||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 45 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 59 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 53 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 54 | |||
| 18 | 43 | 52 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 45 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 43 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 48 | |||
| 20 | 43 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 54 | ||||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | 47 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 47 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 50 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 45 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 58 | |||
| 23 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 84 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 66 | |||