| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 39 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | ||||
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 78 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 27 | |||
| 3 | 43 | 75 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 37 | ||||
| 4 | Bradford City | 41 | 68 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 29 | |||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 68 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 44 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 42 | 64 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 43 | |||
| 7 | 41 | 63 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 36 | ||||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 41 | 63 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 40 | |||
| 9 | 43 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 40 | ||||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 42 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 49 | |||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 58 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | |||
| 12 | Stockport County | 43 | 58 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepools United | 43 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 47 | |||
| 14 | 43 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 44 | ||||
| 15 | Wrexham | 41 | 55 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 43 | |||
| 16 | Barrow | 41 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 35 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 48 | |||
| 18 | 41 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 59 | ||||
| 19 | 42 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 42 | ||||
| 20 | 40 | 49 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 47 | ||||
| 21 | 41 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 43 | ||||
| 22 | 44 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 53 | ||||
| 23 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 44 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 50 | |||