| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 30 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 2 | 31 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | Barrow | 31 | 54 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 30 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 32 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 30 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 32 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 29 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 31 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 30 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 29 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 32 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 29 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 28 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 31 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 31 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 37 | |||
| 19 | 31 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 32 | ||||
| 20 | 29 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Notts. County | 30 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 22 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 35 | ||||
| 23 | Lincoln City | 28 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 32 | ||||