| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 5 | Barnsley | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 7 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 8 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 18 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Bradford City | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 17 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | Barrow | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||