| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 14 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Hartlepools United | 14 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 20 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 21 | Bradford City | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | ||||