| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 21 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Gateshead | 21 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 21 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 21 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Hartlepools United | 22 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 21 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 22 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 22 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 41 | ||||