| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepools United | 30 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 30 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | |||
| 3 | 29 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 4 | Bradford City | 29 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 28 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 29 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Stockport County | 30 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 28 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 30 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 10 | 30 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Hull City | 29 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 13 | 29 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | 29 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 33 | ||||
| 15 | 31 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 16 | 30 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 38 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 18 | 29 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | ||||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 29 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 40 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 23 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 45 | |||