| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | STEVENAGE BOROUGH | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 101 | 44 | 57 | 91 |
| 2 | Woking | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 54 | 29 | 83 |
| 3 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 71 | 46 | 25 | 76 |
| 4 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 66 | 49 | 17 | 75 |
| 5 | Gateshead | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 46 | 12 | 67 |
| 6 | Southport | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 77 | 64 | 13 | 66 |
| 7 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 78 | 66 | 12 | 64 |
| 8 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 72 | 64 | 8 | 60 |
| 9 | Morecambe | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 78 | 72 | 6 | 59 |
| 10 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 59 |
| 11 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 57 | 2 | 59 |
| 12 | Altrincham | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 64 | -5 | 58 |
| 13 | Telford United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 56 | -5 | 55 |
| 14 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 68 | -9 | 55 |
| 15 | Halifax Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 63 | -14 | 52 |
| 16 | Kettering Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 68 | 84 | -16 | 48 |
| 17 | Slough Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 63 | 76 | -13 | 47 |
| 18 | Bath City | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 45 | 66 | -21 | 46 |
| 19 | Welling United | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 53 | -11 | 45 |
| 20 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 51 | 74 | -23 | 40 |
| 21 | Runcorn | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 48 | 87 | -39 | 35 |
| 22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 73 | -30 | 33 |