| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 44 | 93 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 78 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 83 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 43 | 78 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 43 | 71 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 6 | 44 | 70 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 31 | ||||
| 7 | 43 | 69 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 28 | ||||
| 8 | 44 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | ||||
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 44 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 45 | |||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 40 | |||
| 11 | Barrow | 43 | 62 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 40 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 43 | 61 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 45 | |||
| 13 | 42 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 43 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 15 | 43 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 52 | ||||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 49 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 44 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 51 | |||
| 18 | 42 | 52 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 51 | ||||
| 19 | 42 | 50 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 47 | ||||
| 20 | 43 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 43 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 44 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 74 | |||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 43 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 55 | |||
| 23 | 44 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 66 | ||||
| 24 | 43 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 50 | ||||