| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Wrexham | 14 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Aldershot | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 15 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 15 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 14 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Barrow | 16 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Bradford City | 14 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 14 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 14 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 16 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | Exeter City | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 20 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 21 | Notts. County | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||