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