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