| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 25 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 24 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Carlisle United | 24 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 22 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 9 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | 23 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Port Vale | 25 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 23 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 16 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Barrow | 24 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 45 | |||