| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Stockport County | 12 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 12 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepools United | 13 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 10 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 11 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Barrow | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 16 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 21 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 24 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | ||||