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