| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 23 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 22 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Barrow | 21 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Wrexham | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 22 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | ||||