| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 30 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 23 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 30 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 31 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 7 | Gateshead | 28 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 29 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 10 | 27 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | 28 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 30 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 29 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 31 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 17 | 29 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 34 | ||||
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | ||||
| 21 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 44 | ||||
| 22 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 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 | |||