| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 35 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 33 | 72 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 58 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Wrexham | 36 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 33 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 34 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 35 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 58 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 33 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 34 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |||
| 11 | 33 | 43 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 31 | ||||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 32 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 13 | 35 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 41 | ||||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 35 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 39 | |||
| 15 | 34 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 44 | ||||
| 16 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 40 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 19 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 41 | |||