| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 15 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 15 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Barrow | 15 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | Hartlepools United | 16 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Bradford City | 15 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 17 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | ||||