| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 18 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 17 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 7 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Hull City | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | Port Vale | 18 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 17 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 20 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 28 | |||