| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 36 | 77 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 59 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 35 | 72 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | 61 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 35 | 58 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 5 | Wrexham | 36 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 36 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 7 | Hull City | 35 | 55 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 36 | 54 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 64 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 35 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 36 | 46 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 43 | |||
| 12 | 36 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 44 | ||||
| 13 | 36 | 45 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 41 | ||||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | 44 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 39 | |||
| 15 | 36 | 43 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 41 | ||||
| 16 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 51 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 19 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 38 | ||||
| 20 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 35 | ||||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 41 | |||