| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 46 | 99 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 29 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 95 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 46 | 82 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 81 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 39 | |||
| 5 | 46 | 74 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 32 | ||||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 74 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 37 | |||
| 7 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 71 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 46 | |||
| 8 | 46 | 70 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 33 | ||||
| 9 | 46 | 69 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 36 | ||||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 11 | 46 | 67 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 33 | ||||
| 12 | Barrow | 46 | 63 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 42 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 46 | 62 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 50 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 54 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 36 | |||
| 16 | 46 | 58 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 51 | ||||
| 17 | 46 | 56 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 49 | ||||
| 18 | Wrexham | 46 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 51 | |||
| 19 | 46 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 55 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 46 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 74 | |||
| 21 | 46 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 45 | ||||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 58 | |||
| 23 | 46 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 69 | ||||
| 24 | 46 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 57 | ||||