| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 21 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Derby County | 21 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 21 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 21 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Wrexham | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | ||||
| 17 | Gateshead | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 21 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 37 | ||||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | |||