| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stockport County | 14 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 15 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 13 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 15 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Hartlepools United | 13 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Barrow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 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 | |||