| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Chesterfield | 42 | 58 | 1.79 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 35 | ||
| 2nonMover | Lincoln City | 42 | 57 | 1.73 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 40 | ||
| 3nonMover | Wrexham | 42 | 54 | 1.52 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 37 | ||
| 4nonMover | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 54 | 1.50 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 48 | ||
| 5nonMover | Southport | 42 | 53 | 1.57 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 37 | ||
| 6nonMover | Hull City | 42 | 50 | 1.80 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 64 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 35 | ||
| 7nonMover | Stockport County | 42 | 49 | 1.26 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 42 | ||
| 8nonMover | Carlisle United | 42 | 45 | 1.21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 49 | ||
| 9nonMover | Gateshead | 42 | 45 | 0.97 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 51 | ||
| 10nonMover | Wigan Borough | 42 | 43 | 0.88 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 61 | ||
| 11nonMover | Darlington | 42 | 42 | 1.20 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | ||
| 12nonMover | York City | 42 | 42 | 1.04 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 52 | ||
| 13nonMover | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 39 | 0.78 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 77 | ||
| 14nonMover | Rotherham United | 42 | 38 | 0.98 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 49 | ||
| 15nonMover | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 37 | 1.00 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 47 | ||
| 16nonMover | Barrow | 42 | 37 | 0.76 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 66 | ||
| 17nonMover | Halifax Town | 42 | 35 | 0.62 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 73 | ||
| 18nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 34 | 0.71 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 58 | ||
| 19nonMover | New Brighton | 42 | 33 | 0.64 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 51 | ||
| 20nonMover | Hartlepools United | 42 | 30 | 0.78 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 49 | ||
| 21nonMover | Rochdale | 42 | 30 | 0.58 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 57 | ||
| 22nonMover | Nelson | 42 | 19 | 0.38 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 73 | ||