| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 38 | 70 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 33 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 37 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 38 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 40 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 38 | 68 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 35 | |||
| 5 | 37 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 36 | 66 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 27 | |||
| 7 | 38 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 33 | ||||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 36 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 40 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 39 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 10 | Hull City | 39 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 42 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 36 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 28 | |||
| 12 | 37 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | 38 | 53 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 38 | ||||
| 14 | 38 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 41 | ||||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 37 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 44 | |||
| 16 | 39 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 45 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 32 | |||
| 18 | 37 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 49 | ||||
| 19 | 38 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 43 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 42 | |||
| 21 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 51 | ||||
| 22 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 39 | ||||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 37 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 46 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 55 | |||