| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 26 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 22 | |||
| 2 | 27 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 27 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 28 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 7 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | 26 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | 27 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 39 | ||||
| 20 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | 26 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 28 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 52 | |||
| 24 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 47 | ||||