| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | Hull City | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 15 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | Barrow | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 19 | Wrexham | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Gateshead | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | ||||