| Colour Coding |
| Included in playoff for new step 2 (details here) |
| Included in new step 3 |
| Playoff with 8th place in other DM1 for place in step 3 |
| Included in new step 4 |
| Relegated to step 5 |
| Click here for an explanation of the new steps |
| Doc Martens Eastern | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | King's Lynn | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 90 | 35 | 55 | 91 |
| 2 | Histon | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 96 | 41 | 55 | 88 |
| 3 | Tonbridge Angels | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 82 | 46 | 36 | 88 |
| 4 | Eastleigh (P) (-3) | 42 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 88 | 40 | 48 | 82 |
| 5 | Folkestone Invicta (R) | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 91 | 45 | 46 | 75 |
| 6 | Salisbury City | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 73 | 45 | 28 | 74 |
| 7 | Stamford | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 71 |
| 8 | Banbury United | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 65 | 57 | 8 | 67 |
| 9 | Burgess Hill Town (P) | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 67 | 54 | 13 | 64 |
| 10 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 62 |
| 11 | Bashley | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 61 |
| 12 | Ashford Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 53 | -2 | 54 |
| 13 | Chatham Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 49 | 67 | -18 | 49 |
| 14 | Fisher Athletic | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 81 | -20 | 49 |
| 15 | Corby Town | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 44 | 75 | -31 | 45 |
| 16 | Dartford | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 48 | 81 | -33 | 45 |
| 17 | Burnham (-3) | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 76 | -24 | 44 |
| 18 | Hastings United (R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 60 | 91 | -31 | 43 |
| 19 | Newport IoW | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 42 | 69 | -27 | 40 |
| 20 | Rothwell Town | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 38 |
| 21 | Erith & Belvedere | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 84 | -39 | 31 |
| 22 | Fleet Town | 42 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 35 | 114 | -79 | 22 |