| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Hartlepools United | 22 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 22 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | 22 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | 22 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 8 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 23 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Bradford City | 22 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Barrow | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 22 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 23 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | ||||