| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Gateshead | 13 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 12 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | Bradford City | 12 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Barrow | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | Wrexham | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 20 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||