| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 29 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 29 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 31 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 29 | |||
| 4 | 30 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | 31 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | 29 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Hull City | 28 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 28 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 34 | ||||
| 12 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 29 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 15 | 30 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 29 | ||||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 29 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 28 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 30 | ||||
| 20 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 38 | |||