| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Stockport County | 38 | 54 | 1.86 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 35 | ||
| 2nonMover | Bradford City | 37 | 53 | 2.80 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 24 | ||
| 3nonMover | Wrexham | 38 | 50 | 1.38 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 39 | ||
| 4nonMover | Doncaster Rovers | 38 | 48 | 1.22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 43 | ||
| 5nonMover | Lincoln City | 38 | 46 | 1.38 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 44 | ||
| 6nonMover | Wigan Borough | 37 | 44 | 1.61 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 30 | ||
| 7nonMover | Carlisle United | 40 | 44 | 1.17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 45 | ||
| 8nonMover | Tranmere Rovers | 38 | 42 | 0.99 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 52 | ||
| 9nonMover | South Shields | 37 | 39 | 1.13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 47 | ||
| 10nonMover | Chesterfield | 38 | 39 | 1.01 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 41 | ||
| 11nonMover | New Brighton | 38 | 37 | 0.94 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 40 | ||
| 12nonMover | Halifax Town | 37 | 36 | 1.08 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 33 | ||
| 13nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 36 | 1.06 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 42 | ||
| 14nonMover | Nelson | 38 | 36 | 0.87 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 53 | ||
| 15nonMover | Southport | 38 | 36 | 0.87 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 56 | ||
| 16nonMover | Rochdale | 38 | 32 | 0.85 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 57 | ||
| 17nonMover | Rotherham United | 37 | 32 | 0.71 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 50 | ||
| 18nonMover | Accrington Stanley | 38 | 30 | 0.80 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 58 | ||
| 19nonMover | Darlington | 38 | 28 | 0.71 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 59 | ||
| 20nonMover | Barrow | 36 | 25 | 0.70 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 48 | ||
| 21nonMover | Hartlepools United | 39 | 24 | 0.52 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 67 | ||
| 22nonMover | Ashington | 39 | 21 | 0.39 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 63 | ||