| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 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 | Stockport County | 19 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 19 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Wrexham | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 17 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 17 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | ||||