| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 34 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 35 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | ||||
| 3 | Barrow | 36 | 63 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 28 | |||
| 4 | 34 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 36 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 58 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 36 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 33 | 51 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 33 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 36 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 34 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 35 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 35 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 40 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 32 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 32 | 40 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 35 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 33 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 34 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 20 | 33 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 21 | 36 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 37 | ||||
| 22 | Lincoln City | 33 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 23 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 35 | ||||