| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Derby County | 42 | 82 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 31 | |||
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 43 | 80 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 38 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 43 | 78 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 38 | |||
| 4 | 42 | 76 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | ||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 42 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Stockport County | 43 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 49 | |||
| 7 | 42 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 36 | ||||
| 8 | Barrow | 43 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 44 | 69 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 45 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 42 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 49 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 42 | 64 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 42 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 44 | |||
| 13 | 41 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 40 | ||||
| 14 | 43 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| 15 | 43 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 46 | ||||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 46 | |||
| 17 | 43 | 54 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 49 | ||||
| 18 | 42 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 51 | ||||
| 19 | 42 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 49 | ||||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 39 | |||
| 21 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 55 | ||||
| 22 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 45 | ||||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 49 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 62 | |||