| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 24 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 23 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 25 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 24 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 23 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 25 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 23 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 12 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 32 | ||||
| 15 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||