| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | Barrow | 22 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 23 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 21 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 22 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 22 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Hull City | 21 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Gateshead | 22 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Bradford City | 22 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 17 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 18 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 19 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | |||