| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 43 | 93 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 43 | 85 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | |||
| 3 | 43 | 81 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 32 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 43 | 80 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 5 | 44 | 76 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 46 | ||||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 76 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 35 | |||
| 7 | 44 | 70 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 39 | ||||
| 8 | Bradford City | 43 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Stockport County | 43 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 43 | 58 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | 43 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 43 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 14 | 43 | 54 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 43 | ||||
| 15 | Barrow | 45 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 48 | |||
| 16 | Hartlepools United | 44 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 38 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 43 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 18 | 43 | 50 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 49 | ||||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 43 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 40 | |||
| 20 | 43 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 48 | ||||
| 21 | 44 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 44 | ||||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 43 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 71 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 43 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 44 | |||
| 24 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 54 | ||||