| Football Conference | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Boston United | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 84 | 42 | 42 | 84 |
| 2 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 70 | 47 | 23 | 84 |
| 3 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 53 | 13 | 70 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 68 | 46 | 22 | 67 |
| 5 | Barnet (R) | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 48 | 16 | 67 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 67 | -4 | 62 |
| 7 | Farnborough Town (P) | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 54 | 12 | 61 |
| 8 | Margate (P) | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 58 |
| 9 | Telford United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 57 |
| 10 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 57 |
| 11 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 57 | 60 | -3 | 55 |
| 12 | Scarborough (-1) | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 55 | 63 | -8 | 55 |
| 13 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 57 | 70 | -13 | 55 |
| 14 | Chester City | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 51 | 3 | 54 |
| 15 | Southport | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 53 |
| 16 | Leigh RMI | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 56 | 58 | -2 | 53 |
| 17 | Hereford United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 52 |
| 18 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 54 | 76 | -22 | 51 |
| 19 | Woking | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 70 | -11 | 48 |
| 20 | Hayes | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 53 | 80 | -27 | 44 |
| 21 | Stalybridge Celtic (P) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 69 | -29 | 43 |
| 22 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 41 | 65 | -24 | 39 |