| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | 22 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | ||||
| 3 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 24 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 22 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 22 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Gateshead | 22 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Bradford City | 23 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Barrow | 22 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 22 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Wrexham | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 21 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | ||||