| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 41 | 82 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 43 | 76 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 3 | Barrow | 43 | 74 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 36 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 72 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 42 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 36 | ||||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 43 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 43 | 64 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 41 | 64 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 41 | 61 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 43 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 37 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 41 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 40 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 40 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 43 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 40 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 42 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 48 | |||
| 17 | 43 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 44 | ||||
| 18 | Notts. County | 41 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 40 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 42 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 20 | 41 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 44 | ||||
| 21 | Newport County | 41 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 22 | 42 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | 41 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 41 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 35 | |||