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