| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Lincoln City | 45 | 67 | 2.33 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 28 | ||
| 2nonMover | Grimsby Town | 43 | 60 | 1.98 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | ||
| 3nonMover | Stockport County | 44 | 56 | 1.80 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | ||
| 4nonMover | Oldham Athletic | 43 | 53 | 1.48 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 38 | ||
| 5nonMover | Bradford Park Avenue | 43 | 50 | 1.33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 28 | ||
| 6nonMover | Gateshead | 44 | 50 | 1.29 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 31 | ||
| 7nonMover | Mansfield Town | 44 | 50 | 1.26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 32 | ||
| 8nonMover | Carlisle United | 44 | 50 | 1.13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | ||
| 9nonMover | Hartlepools United | 44 | 48 | 1.10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 45 | ||
| 10nonMover | York City | 43 | 46 | 1.38 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 32 | ||
| 11nonMover | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 46 | 1.09 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 40 | ||
| 12nonMover | Barrow | 44 | 45 | 0.95 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 42 | ||
| 13nonMover | Chesterfield | 44 | 44 | 1.02 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 48 | ||
| 14nonMover | Bradford City | 44 | 40 | 0.89 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 34 | ||
| 15nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 40 | 0.78 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 49 | ||
| 16nonMover | Chester | 44 | 39 | 0.87 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 52 | ||
| 17nonMover | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 39 | 0.86 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 51 | ||
| 18nonMover | Wrexham | 44 | 37 | 0.86 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 51 | ||
| 19nonMover | Southport | 43 | 37 | 0.71 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 47 | ||
| 20nonMover | Rochdale | 44 | 35 | 0.63 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 44 | ||
| 21nonMover | Halifax Town | 44 | 31 | 0.61 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 74 | ||
| 22nonMover | Accrington Stanley | 44 | 30 | 0.61 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 58 | ||
| 23nonMover | Darlington | 44 | 29 | 0.59 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 66 | ||
| 24nonMover | Workington | 44 | 28 | 0.58 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 52 | ||