| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 21 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 20 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 22 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Barrow | 21 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Hull City | 20 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | 21 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | |||