| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 43 | 90 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 42 | 77 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 5 | 43 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 7 | 43 | 67 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 31 | ||||
| 8 | 41 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 43 | 65 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 45 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 42 | 61 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 11 | Barrow | 42 | 61 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 40 | |||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 40 | |||
| 13 | 41 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 42 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 15 | Wrexham | 43 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 48 | |||
| 16 | 42 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 52 | ||||
| 17 | 41 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 51 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 49 | |||
| 19 | 41 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 47 | ||||
| 20 | 41 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 41 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 42 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 70 | |||
| 22 | 43 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 66 | ||||
| 23 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 43 | ||||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 55 | |||