| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 19 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 19 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 19 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 7 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Barrow | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepools United | 20 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Bradford City | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 17 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 38 | ||||