| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 44 | 96 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 86 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | |||
| 3 | 45 | 84 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 33 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 44 | 80 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 5 | 45 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 49 | ||||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 77 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 36 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 44 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 29 | |||
| 8 | 44 | 70 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 39 | ||||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 67 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Stockport County | 44 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 44 | 61 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | 44 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Hartlepools United | 45 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 38 | |||
| 15 | 44 | 54 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 47 | ||||
| 16 | Barrow | 46 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 49 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 44 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 43 | |||
| 18 | 44 | 50 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 50 | ||||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 40 | |||
| 20 | 44 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 48 | ||||
| 21 | 44 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 44 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 45 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 45 | |||
| 23 | Accrington Stanley | 44 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 72 | |||
| 24 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 54 | ||||