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