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