| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 31 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Stockport County | 30 | 58 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | ||||
| 6 | 29 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Hartlepools United | 32 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 38 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 30 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 31 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | 30 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 34 | ||||
| 15 | Wrexham | 32 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 30 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 32 | ||||
| 20 | 30 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | ||||
| 21 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 45 | ||||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 29 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 41 | |||
| 23 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 49 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 30 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 55 | |||