| Colour Coding |
| Promoted to FL Division Three |
| Playoff for promotion to FL Division Three |
| Stay at Step 1 in the new structure |
| Relegated to Step 2 in the new structure |
| Click here for an explanation of the new steps |
| Football Conference | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Chester City | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 85 | 34 | 51 | 92 |
| 2 | Hereford United | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 103 | 44 | 59 | 91 |
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town (R) | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 67 | 42 | 25 | 74 |
| 4 | Barnet | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 60 | 46 | 14 | 71 |
| 5 | Aldershot Town (P) | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 80 | 67 | 13 | 70 |
| 6 | Exeter City (R) | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 71 | 57 | 14 | 69 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 67 |
| 8 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 63 |
| 9 | Woking | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 65 | 52 | 13 | 61 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley (P) | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 61 | 7 | 58 |
| 11 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 69 | 66 | 3 | 57 |
| 12 | Telford United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 51 | -2 | 55 |
| 13 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 64 | -5 | 54 |
| 14 | Burton Albion (-1) | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 57 | 59 | -2 | 51 |
| 15 | Scarborough | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 51 | 54 | -3 | 51 |
| 16 | Margate | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 64 | -8 | 51 |
| 17 | Tamworth (P) | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 49 | 68 | -19 | 49 |
| 18 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 58 | 80 | -22 | 48 |
| 19 | Halifax Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 43 | 65 | -22 | 44 |
| 20 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 74 | -21 | 39 |
| 21 | Leigh RMI | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 46 | 97 | -51 | 29 |
| 22 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 80 | -50 | 23 |