| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 28 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 26 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 28 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 29 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 26 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 7 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 35 | ||||
| 11 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 28 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 34 | |||
| 14 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 25 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 16 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | Barrow | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||