| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Stockport County | 14 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 15 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Barrow | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 14 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 17 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 18 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | ||||