League Two League Table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 31 | |
| 2 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | |
| 3 | Newport County | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 27 | |
| 4 | MK Dons | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 23 | |
| 6 | Stevenage | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 21 | |
| 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 20 | |
| 8 | Colchester United | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 19 | |
| 9 | Bury | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 19 | |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 19 | |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 19 | |
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 17 | |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |
| 15 | Yeovil Town | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
| 16 | Port Vale | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 14 | |
| 17 | Morecambe | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 13 | |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -1 | 12 | |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 | |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 12 | |
| 21 | Notts County | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 12 | |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 11 | |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 8 | |
| 24 | Macclesfield Town | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 4 |
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Exeter | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Newport | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | MK Dons | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Tranmere | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Forest Green | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | Colchester | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Bury | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Crawley | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Carlisle | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Oldham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Swindon | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Mansfield | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 15 | Yeovil | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 16 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Morecambe | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Crewe | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 12 |
| 19 | Cheltenham | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | Northampton | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Notts County | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Grimsby | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 11 |
| 23 | Cambridge | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -15 | 8 |
| 24 | Macclesfield | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -13 | 4 |
| Rochdale's Results | |||
| Oct 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 - 3 | H |
| Oct 9 | Fleetwood Town | 2 - 0 | A |
| Oct 6 | Blackpool | 2 - 2 | A |
| Rochdale's Fixtures | |||
| Oct 20 | Bradford City | A | |
| Oct 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | |
| Oct 27 | Charlton Athletic | H | |
| League One Table | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| 15 | Burton | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 18 | Wycombe | 13 | -5 | 12 |