| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepools United | 14 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 14 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 14 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 13 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Derby County | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Stockport County | 14 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 14 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 14 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Hull City | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Barrow | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | |||
| 23 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 24 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | |||