| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 39 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 35 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 38 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | |||
| 3 | 38 | 69 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | ||||
| 4 | Stockport County | 39 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 43 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 39 | 68 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 37 | |||
| 6 | Bradford City | 37 | 66 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Barrow | 40 | 63 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 40 | 63 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 42 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 38 | 62 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 44 | |||
| 10 | 39 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 34 | ||||
| 11 | Wrexham | 37 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 28 | |||
| 12 | 39 | 56 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 38 | ||||
| 13 | 38 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 38 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 44 | |||
| 15 | 39 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 43 | ||||
| 16 | 40 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 45 | ||||
| 17 | 38 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 49 | ||||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 36 | |||
| 19 | 39 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 43 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 37 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 43 | |||
| 21 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 53 | ||||
| 22 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 42 | ||||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 38 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 46 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 55 | |||