| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepools United | 35 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 33 | |||
| 2 | 33 | 64 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | ||||
| 3 | Derby County | 34 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 33 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Stockport County | 35 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 38 | |||
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 33 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 33 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 37 | |||
| 8 | Barrow | 35 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 9 | 35 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 33 | ||||
| 10 | Wrexham | 33 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 34 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 36 | |||
| 12 | 34 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | 34 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 39 | ||||
| 14 | 34 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 35 | ||||
| 15 | 34 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 45 | ||||
| 16 | 35 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 37 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 34 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 42 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 35 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 42 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 41 | |||
| 21 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 39 | ||||
| 22 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 50 | ||||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 45 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 48 | |||