| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 21 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | ||||
| 2 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Hartlepools United | 20 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 20 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Barrow | 21 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 20 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Stockport County | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 20 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | Wrexham | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 23 | ||||