| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepools United | 17 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Bradford City | 17 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | Derby County | 17 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 16 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Gateshead | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 17 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Barrow | 17 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |||