| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 79 | 29 | 50 | 87 |
| 2 | Aveley | 42 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 68 | 24 | 44 | 85 |
| 3 | Hertford Town | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 92 | 51 | 41 | 83 |
| 4 | STEVENAGE BOROUGH | 42 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 70 | 31 | 39 | 79 |
| 5 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 60 | 45 | 15 | 72 |
| 6 | Tilbury | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 68 | 54 | 14 | 69 |
| 7 | Basildon United | 42 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 59 |
| 8 | Collier Row | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 58 |
| 9 | Royston Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 63 | 72 | -9 | 56 |
| 10 | Saffron Walden Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 60 | 73 | -13 | 56 |
| 11 | Vauxhall Motors (Luton) | 42 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 55 |
| 12 | Clapton | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 54* |
| 13 | Ware | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 59 | -6 | 53 |
| 14 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 58 | 70 | -12 | 51 |
| 15 | Billericay Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 49 | 58 | -9 | 50 |
| 16 | Hornchurch | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 64 | -15 | 48 |
| 17 | Berkhamsted Town | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 43 |
| 18 | Finchley | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 50 | 75 | -25 | 43 |
| 19 | Tring Town | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 48 | 70 | -22 | 39 |
| 20 | Witham Town | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 56 | -12 | 38 |
| 21 | Rainham Town | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 48 | 75 | -27 | 38 |
| 22 | Letchworth Garden City ^ | 42 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 30 | 68 | -38 | 33 |