| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 25 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 26 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 3 | 25 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Hull City | 23 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 26 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 25 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Barrow | 23 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Gateshead | 26 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 12 | 25 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Bradford City | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | 25 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 23 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 20 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 33 | |||