| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 28 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 28 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Gateshead | 29 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Hull City | 26 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 29 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 28 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Barrow | 26 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 13 | 28 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 27 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 15 | 28 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 26 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 35 | |||
| 20 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | |||