| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 33 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | ||||
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 57 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | |||
| 3 | 33 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 27 | ||||
| 4 | Stockport County | 32 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 32 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 32 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 32 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 29 | |||
| 12 | 33 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | Barrow | 31 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 33 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 15 | 33 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 35 | ||||
| 16 | 33 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 17 | Wrexham | 33 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 18 | 33 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 35 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 33 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 33 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 44 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 33 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 40 | |||
| 22 | 33 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | ||||