| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 43 | 84 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Barrow | 45 | 80 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 36 | |||
| 3 | 45 | 79 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 27 | ||||
| 4 | 44 | 75 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 36 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 73 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 45 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 45 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 45 | 66 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 37 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 43 | 64 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 43 | 62 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 38 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 42 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 43 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 44 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 42 | 54 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 44 | 53 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 44 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 50 | |||
| 17 | 45 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 46 | ||||
| 18 | Barnsley | 45 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 43 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 43 | |||
| 20 | 43 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 45 | ||||
| 21 | Newport County | 43 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 22 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 45 | ||||
| 23 | 43 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 41 | ||||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 43 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 37 | |||