| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Derby County | 36 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 28 | |||
| 2 | 36 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | Stockport County | 37 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 40 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 37 | 65 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 35 | |||
| 5 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Bradford City | 35 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Barrow | 38 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 8 | 37 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 33 | ||||
| 9 | Hull City | 38 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 41 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 35 | 58 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 40 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 35 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | |||
| 12 | 37 | 53 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 35 | ||||
| 13 | 36 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | 36 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 41 | ||||
| 15 | 37 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 38 | ||||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 36 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 43 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 32 | |||
| 18 | 36 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 48 | ||||
| 19 | 37 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 42 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 42 | |||
| 21 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 39 | ||||
| 22 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 51 | ||||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 46 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 50 | |||