| 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 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Stockport County | 19 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Barrow | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 31 | |||
| 14 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 19 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 21 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |||