| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 41 | 72 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 33 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 40 | 70 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 41 | 67 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 40 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 7 | 40 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | ||||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 41 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 46 | |||
| 10 | 40 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 41 | ||||
| 11 | 41 | 57 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | 41 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 48 | ||||
| 13 | 40 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 43 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 41 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 47 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 41 | 49 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 45 | |||
| 16 | 41 | 49 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 51 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 40 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 44 | |||
| 18 | 40 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 50 | ||||
| 19 | 41 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 43 | ||||
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 41 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 40 | |||
| 21 | Barrow | 41 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 51 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 40 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 60 | |||