| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 29 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 30 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | 29 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Barrow | 30 | 51 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 31 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 29 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 30 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 31 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 28 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 28 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 29 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 28 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 30 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 27 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 31 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 29 | ||||
| 19 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | Notts. County | 29 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 30 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 37 | |||
| 22 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | ||||
| 23 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 27 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||