| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 41 | 86 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 27 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 39 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 40 | 75 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 39 | 71 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 5 | 41 | 66 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | ||||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 7 | 41 | 63 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 31 | ||||
| 8 | Hartlepools United | 41 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 45 | |||
| 9 | 39 | 61 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Barrow | 40 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 37 | |||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 12 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 40 | 55 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 40 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 45 | |||
| 16 | 39 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 42 | ||||
| 17 | 39 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 48 | ||||
| 18 | Wrexham | 41 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 48 | |||
| 19 | 40 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 50 | ||||
| 20 | 41 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 61 | ||||
| 21 | 39 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 41 | ||||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 40 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 53 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 40 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 70 | |||
| 24 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 43 | ||||