| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 29 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | ||||
| 2 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 21 | ||||
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 29 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Barrow | 31 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 30 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 6 | 29 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Bradford City | 29 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Hartlepools United | 30 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 28 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Stockport County | 28 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 30 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 41 | |||
| 14 | 30 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | 29 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 29 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 18 | 31 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 37 | ||||
| 19 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 42 | ||||
| 21 | 29 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 29 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 33 | ||||
| 23 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 32 | |||