| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 25 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 25 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Barrow | 26 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 25 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | Hull City | 25 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 26 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 25 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 36 | ||||
| 17 | Gateshead | 25 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 25 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 27 | |||