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