| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 36 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | ||||
| 2 | 31 | 62 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 22 | ||||
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 33 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 5 | 33 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 30 | ||||
| 6 | Barrow | 35 | 53 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 34 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 33 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 33 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepools United | 35 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 39 | |||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 34 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 43 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 34 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 14 | 35 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 30 | ||||
| 15 | Wrexham | 34 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 16 | 35 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34 | ||||
| 17 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 51 | ||||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 38 | |||
| 19 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 39 | ||||
| 20 | 36 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 41 | ||||
| 21 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 45 | ||||
| 22 | 34 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 38 | ||||
| 23 | 33 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 38 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 42 | |||