| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 28 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Stockport County | 28 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 28 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 29 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 27 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Bradford City | 27 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 28 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 16 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 17 | Wrexham | 29 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 39 | |||
| 18 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 31 | ||||
| 19 | 27 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | 27 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 44 | ||||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 40 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 49 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 55 | |||