| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bradford City | 24 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 25 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | 24 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Wrexham | 25 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| 9 | Barrow | 25 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 10 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Hull City | 24 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Gateshead | 25 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 17 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 18 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 24 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 24 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 36 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 33 | ||||
| 23 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 31 | |||