| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 37 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 37 | 71 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 65 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 32 | |||
| 5 | 38 | 61 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | ||||
| 6 | 37 | 60 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 29 | ||||
| 7 | Hartlepools United | 38 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 37 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 37 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 37 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Barrow | 37 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 37 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 13 | 35 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 38 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 44 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 42 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 37 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 36 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 42 | ||||
| 18 | 36 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 44 | ||||
| 19 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 49 | ||||
| 20 | 36 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 37 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 38 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 66 | |||
| 22 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | Accrington Stanley | 36 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 50 | |||
| 24 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 58 | ||||