| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 37 | 77 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 24 | ||||
| 2 | 41 | 71 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 37 | ||||
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 39 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 27 | |||
| 4 | 39 | 63 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| 5 | Hull City | 39 | 63 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 6 | Bradford City | 38 | 62 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 38 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 37 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 39 | 62 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 40 | |||
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 39 | 55 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 38 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 45 | |||
| 12 | Stockport County | 40 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Barrow | 38 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 33 | |||
| 14 | 40 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 38 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepools United | 40 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 42 | |||
| 16 | 40 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 43 | ||||
| 17 | 40 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 41 | ||||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 39 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 47 | |||
| 19 | 38 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 55 | ||||
| 20 | 39 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 43 | ||||
| 21 | 38 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 47 | ||||
| 22 | 41 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 53 | ||||
| 23 | 40 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 43 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 47 | |||