| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 30 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 28 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 49 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 31 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 29 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 28 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 28 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 11 | 31 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | ||||
| 12 | 30 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 30 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 38 | |||
| 14 | 30 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 40 | ||||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 27 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 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 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | |||