| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 31 | 68 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Stockport County | 33 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 55 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 31 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Port Vale | 34 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 32 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Hull City | 31 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 33 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 30 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 12 | 32 | 40 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 31 | ||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 14 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 38 | ||||
| 15 | 32 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 43 | ||||
| 16 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 37 | ||||
| 17 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 37 | |||