| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | Derby County | 20 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 20 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 20 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 20 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 7 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Wrexham | 20 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Gateshead | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | |||