| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 39 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 41 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 3 | Barrow | 41 | 71 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 33 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 35 | ||||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 39 | 66 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Hartlepools United | 41 | 66 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 39 | 63 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 41 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 39 | 57 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 35 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 41 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 37 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 39 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 38 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 41 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 38 | 47 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 40 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 40 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 48 | |||
| 18 | 41 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 42 | ||||
| 19 | Notts. County | 39 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 20 | Newport County | 39 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 39 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 40 | ||||
| 22 | 40 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | ||||
| 23 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 39 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 35 | |||