| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 40 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 42 | 73 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 3 | 41 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 35 | ||||
| 4 | Barrow | 42 | 71 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 36 | |||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 69 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 40 | 64 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 42 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 40 | 58 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 35 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 42 | 57 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 37 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 40 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 40 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 38 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 42 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 39 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 41 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 48 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 41 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 18 | 42 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 44 | ||||
| 19 | Notts. County | 40 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 40 | |||
| 20 | Newport County | 39 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 40 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 44 | ||||
| 22 | 41 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 40 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 35 | |||