| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 35 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Barrow | 37 | 66 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 28 | |||
| 3 | 35 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | 36 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 32 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 35 | 61 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 37 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 37 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 34 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 34 | 51 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 37 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 35 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 36 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 36 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 45 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 33 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 33 | 40 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 17 | 37 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 37 | ||||
| 18 | Newport County | 34 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 36 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 35 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 34 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 22 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | Lincoln City | 34 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 35 | ||||