| Colour Coding |
| Promoted to Step Two |
| Playoff for Step Two |
| Stay in Step Three |
| Relegated to Step Four |
| Southern Premier | ||||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | PP |
| 1 | Histon | 42 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 93 | 57 | 36 | 78 | 78 |
| 2 | Chippenham Town | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 81 | 55 | 26 | 75 | 75 |
| 3 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 47 | 15 | 71 | 71 |
| 4 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 68 | 40 | 28 | 70 | 70 |
| 5 | Bedford Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 70 | 52 | 18 | 69 | 69 |
| 6 | Bath City | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 57 | 43 | 14 | 69 | 69 |
| 7 | Cirencester Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 52 | 11 | 68 | 68 |
| 8 | Tiverton Town | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 70 | 55 | 15 | 67 | 67 |
| 9 | Halesowen Town | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 66 | 66 |
| 10 | Aylesbury United | 42 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 67 | 66 | 1 | 63 | 63 |
| 11 | King's Lynn | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 78 | 69 | 9 | 61 | 61 |
| 12 | Chesham United | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 84 | 82 | 2 | 59 | 59 |
| 13 | Grantham Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 55 | 2 | 58 | 58 |
| 14 | Team Bath | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 68 | -14 | 54 | 54 |
| 15 | Gloucester City | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 63 | 61 | 2 | 53 | 53 |
| 16 | Rugby United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 60 | -12 | 51 | 51 |
| 17 | Banbury United | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 56 | 69 | -13 | 48 | 48 |
| 18 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 55 | 77 | -22 | 48 | 48 |
| 19 | Hemel Hempstead Town (-1) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 60 | 88 | -28 | 42 | 42 |
| 20 | Dunstable Town | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 56 | 98 | -42 | 39 | 39 |
| 21 | Stamford | 42 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 40 | 60 | -20 | 36 | 36 |
| 22 | Solihull Borough | 42 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 45 | 85 | -40 | 34 | 34 |