| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 24 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 25 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Gateshead | 24 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 24 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | Barrow | 24 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 15 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 24 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 25 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 36 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 42 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 44 | |||