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