| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 26 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | 25 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Barrow | 28 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 27 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 25 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 26 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Stockport County | 25 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 25 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 27 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Wrexham | 26 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 16 | 27 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | 27 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | ||||
| 19 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 36 | ||||
| 21 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 30 | |||