| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 21 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | Port Vale | 22 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 21 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Hartlepools United | 22 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 23 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 13 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | Barrow | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||