| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 79 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 33 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 42 | 73 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | |||
| 4 | 42 | 71 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | ||||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 70 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 42 | 70 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 42 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 9 | 42 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 41 | ||||
| 10 | Wrexham | 42 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 48 | |||
| 11 | 42 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 43 | ||||
| 12 | 42 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 48 | ||||
| 13 | 42 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 43 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 42 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 48 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 42 | 50 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 46 | |||
| 16 | 42 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 51 | ||||
| 17 | 42 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 56 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 42 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 47 | |||
| 19 | 42 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 48 | ||||
| 20 | Barrow | 42 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 51 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 60 | |||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 43 | |||