| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 36 | 70 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Barrow | 38 | 69 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 29 | |||
| 3 | 37 | 67 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | 37 | 64 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 32 | ||||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 38 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 59 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 38 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 36 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 35 | 52 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 38 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 36 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 35 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 37 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 38 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Notts. County | 36 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 37 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 45 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 36 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 35 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 20 | 38 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 40 | ||||
| 21 | 36 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 38 | ||||
| 22 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 38 | ||||
| 23 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 35 | ||||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 35 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 29 | |||