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