| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 19 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Derby County | 19 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Wrexham | 19 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 18 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Stockport County | 19 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 12 | Hull City | 19 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 13 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Barrow | 19 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 19 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | |||