| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Lincoln City | 46 | 69 | 2.33 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 29 | ||
| 2nonMover | Grimsby Town | 46 | 66 | 2.13 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | ||
| 3nonMover | Stockport County | 46 | 59 | 1.85 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 23 | ||
| 4nonMover | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 57 | 1.48 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 39 | ||
| 5nonMover | Gateshead | 46 | 53 | 1.35 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 32 | ||
| 6nonMover | Mansfield Town | 46 | 52 | 1.22 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 37 | ||
| 7nonMover | Carlisle United | 46 | 51 | 1.09 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 33 | ||
| 8nonMover | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 50 | 1.16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 36 | ||
| 9nonMover | Hartlepools United | 46 | 50 | 1.09 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 46 | ||
| 10nonMover | York City | 46 | 49 | 1.40 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 33 | ||
| 11nonMover | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 48 | 1.07 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 42 | ||
| 12nonMover | Barrow | 46 | 46 | 0.93 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 42 | ||
| 13nonMover | Chesterfield | 46 | 45 | 0.98 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 50 | ||
| 14nonMover | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 44 | 0.88 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 51 | ||
| 15nonMover | Bradford City | 46 | 42 | 0.90 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 36 | ||
| 16nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 42 | 0.77 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 54 | ||
| 17nonMover | Southport | 46 | 41 | 0.75 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 49 | ||
| 18nonMover | Wrexham | 46 | 39 | 0.86 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 51 | ||
| 19nonMover | Chester | 46 | 39 | 0.85 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 55 | ||
| 20nonMover | Halifax Town | 46 | 35 | 0.63 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 74 | ||
| 21nonMover | Rochdale | 46 | 35 | 0.59 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 45 | ||
| 22nonMover | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 32 | 0.66 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 58 | ||
| 23nonMover | Darlington | 46 | 31 | 0.62 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 69 | ||
| 24nonMover | Workington | 46 | 29 | 0.55 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 57 | ||