| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 19 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Stockport County | 21 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Barrow | 22 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 31 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Wrexham | 19 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 20 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |||