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