| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Port Vale | 41 | 65 | 2.73 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 19 | ||
| 2nonMover | Stockport County | 41 | 61 | 2.36 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 24 | ||
| 3nonMover | Darlington | 42 | 50 | 1.48 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 71 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 44 | ||
| 4nonMover | Chesterfield | 42 | 50 | 1.36 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 41 | ||
| 5nonMover | Lincoln City | 42 | 48 | 1.36 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 38 | ||
| 6nonMover | York City | 41 | 46 | 1.25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 40 | ||
| 7nonMover | South Shields | 41 | 45 | 1.04 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 42 | ||
| 8nonMover | Hartlepools United | 41 | 43 | 1.04 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 50 | ||
| 9nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 42 | 1.19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 43 | ||
| 10nonMover | Southport | 41 | 41 | 1.07 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 43 | ||
| 11nonMover | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 41 | 0.97 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 51 | ||
| 12nonMover | Rochdale | 41 | 41 | 0.96 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 61 | ||
| 13nonMover | New Brighton | 41 | 40 | 0.90 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 55 | ||
| 14nonMover | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 39 | 0.90 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 47 | ||
| 15nonMover | Carlisle United | 41 | 37 | 0.84 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 67 | ||
| 16nonMover | Accrington Stanley | 41 | 36 | 1.04 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 49 | ||
| 17nonMover | Wigan Borough | 41 | 33 | 0.72 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 57 | ||
| 18nonMover | Nelson | 41 | 33 | 0.67 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 50 | ||
| 19nonMover | Wrexham | 41 | 32 | 0.71 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 60 | ||
| 20nonMover | Rotherham United | 41 | 30 | 0.61 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 73 | ||
| 21nonMover | Halifax Town | 42 | 28 | 0.56 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 53 | ||
| 22nonMover | Barrow | 41 | 27 | 0.43 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 70 | ||