| Colour Coding |
| Promoted to Conference National |
| Playoff for Conference National |
| Stay in Step Two |
| Relegated to Step Three |
| Football Conference North | ||||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | PP |
| 1 | Southport | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 83 | 45 | 38 | 84 | 84 |
| 2 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 68 | 45 | 23 | 81 | 81 |
| 3 | Droylsden | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 82 | 52 | 30 | 79 | 79 |
| 4 | Kettering Town | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 50 | 6 | 70 | 70 |
| 5 | Altrincham | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 66 | 46 | 20 | 69 | 69 |
| 6 | Harrogate Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 62 | 49 | 13 | 68 | 68 |
| 7 | Worcester City | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 60 | 60 |
| 8 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 52 | 44 | 8 | 59 | 59 |
| 9 | Redditch United (-3) | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 59 | 6 | 59 | 59 |
| 10 | Hucknall Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 57 | 2 | 59 | 59 |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 12 | Hinckley United | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 62 | -7 | 56 | 56 |
| 13 | Lancaster City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 59 | -8 | 54 | 54 |
| 14 | Alfreton Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 53 | 55 | -2 | 53 | 53 |
| 15 | Vauxhall Motors | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 57 | -9 | 53 | 53 |
| 16 | Barrow | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 64 | -14 | 52 | 52 |
| 17 | Worksop Town (-10) | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 18 | Moor Green | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 55 | 64 | -9 | 49 | 49 |
| 19 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 52 | 70 | -18 | 48 | 48 |
| 20 | Runcorn FC Halton | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 63 | -19 | 42 | 42 |
| 21 | Ashton United | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 46 | 79 | -33 | 33 | 33 |
| 22 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 70 | -33 | 24 | 24 |