| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bradford City | 27 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 28 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 28 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 26 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Wrexham | 27 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Stockport County | 28 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 26 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 28 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Hull City | 27 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 15 | 29 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 16 | 28 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 17 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 32 | ||||
| 18 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 27 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 40 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 37 | |||
| 23 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 37 | |||