| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepools United | 11 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 3 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Derby County | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Bradford City | 11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 11 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Gateshead | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Hull City | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 19 | Barrow | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 23 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| 24 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||