| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 32 | 69 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Stockport County | 31 | 61 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 5 | 32 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 33 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 38 | |||
| 7 | 31 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 9 | 30 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Barrow | 31 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 11 | 30 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 32 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 15 | 31 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 34 | ||||
| 16 | Wrexham | 33 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 31 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 45 | ||||
| 21 | 32 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 35 | ||||
| 22 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 49 | ||||
| 23 | Accrington Stanley | 30 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 44 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 31 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 61 | |||