| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 36 | 76 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 35 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 35 | 65 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 32 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 37 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 6 | 37 | 60 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 35 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 29 | ||||
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 10 | Barrow | 35 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 36 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 12 | 35 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | 34 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 37 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 43 | |||
| 15 | 35 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 42 | ||||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 36 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 42 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 35 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 18 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 43 | ||||
| 19 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 49 | ||||
| 20 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 35 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 36 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 65 | |||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 34 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 46 | |||
| 23 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 58 | ||||
| 24 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 37 | ||||