| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bradford City | 25 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 3 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 26 | ||||
| 4 | Derby County | 26 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Wrexham | 26 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 25 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 26 | ||||
| 9 | Barrow | 27 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 26 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 26 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | Gateshead | 26 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 25 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 30 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 26 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 25 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 37 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 37 | |||