| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Derby County | 40 | 81 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 30 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 37 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 39 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 39 | |||
| 5 | 38 | 69 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 24 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 40 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 39 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 8 | 40 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | ||||
| 9 | 38 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 38 | ||||
| 10 | Stockport County | 40 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 11 | 41 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 40 | ||||
| 12 | 37 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 32 | ||||
| 13 | 39 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | 39 | 53 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 42 | ||||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 49 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 40 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 43 | |||
| 17 | 38 | 48 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 40 | ||||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 47 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 46 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 39 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 47 | |||
| 20 | 39 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 44 | ||||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 40 | 39 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 46 | |||
| 22 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 63 | ||||
| 23 | Barrow | 41 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 57 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 56 | |||