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