| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Chesterfield | 40 | 57 | 2.34 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 24 | ||
| 2nonMover | Chester | 41 | 53 | 2.20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | ||
| 3nonMover | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 53 | 1.73 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | ||
| 4nonMover | Lincoln City | 40 | 51 | 1.83 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 33 | ||
| 5nonMover | Stockport County | 41 | 46 | 1.24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 31 | ||
| 6nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 45 | 1.01 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 45 | ||
| 7nonMover | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 43 | 1.14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 48 | ||
| 8nonMover | Hartlepools United | 41 | 42 | 0.97 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 41 | ||
| 9nonMover | Accrington Stanley | 41 | 42 | 0.89 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 46 | ||
| 10nonMover | Rotherham United | 40 | 41 | 1.22 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 41 | ||
| 11nonMover | Darlington | 41 | 40 | 0.96 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 59 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 53 | ||
| 12nonMover | Gateshead | 41 | 40 | 0.77 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 55 | ||
| 13nonMover | Walsall | 41 | 39 | 1.33 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 46 | ||
| 14nonMover | Carlisle United | 40 | 39 | 0.95 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 40 | ||
| 15nonMover | Halifax Town | 40 | 37 | 0.98 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 34 | ||
| 16nonMover | Wrexham | 42 | 37 | 0.88 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 57 | ||
| 17nonMover | York City | 41 | 36 | 0.63 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 67 | ||
| 18nonMover | Barrow | 40 | 35 | 0.84 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 47 | ||
| 19nonMover | Mansfield Town | 41 | 35 | 0.81 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 66 | ||
| 20nonMover | Rochdale | 41 | 32 | 0.66 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 62 | ||
| 21nonMover | Southport | 41 | 29 | 0.52 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 64 | ||
| 22nonMover | New Brighton | 41 | 24 | 0.43 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 69 | ||