| Colour Coding |
| Promoted to Step Two |
| Playoff for Step Two |
| Stay in Step Three |
| Possible relegation to Step 4 |
| Relegated to Step Four |
| Northern Premier Premier | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Blyth Spartans | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 79 | 32 | 47 | 89 |
| 2 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 72 | 36 | 36 | 86 |
| 3 | Marine | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 61 | 25 | 36 | 81 |
| 4 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 84 | 34 | 50 | 79 |
| 5 | North Ferriby United (P) | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 54 | 23 | 73 |
| 6 | Whitby Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 64 |
| 7 | Burscough | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 63 |
| 8 | Witton Albion | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 55 | 13 | 60 |
| 9 | Matlock Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 5 | 59 |
| 10 | AFC Telford United (P) | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 54 | 52 | 2 | 59 |
| 11 | Ossett Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 61 | -4 | 58 |
| 12 | Leek Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 56 |
| 13 | Prescot Cables | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 60 | -11 | 53 |
| 14 | Guiseley | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 58 | -13 | 51 |
| 15 | Ashton United (R) | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 63 | -1 | 49 |
| 16 | Ilkeston Town (P) | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 48 | 51 | -3 | 49 |
| 17 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 77 | -25 | 46 |
| 18 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 62 | -8 | 44 |
| 19 | Lincoln United | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 44 | 64 | -20 | 44 |
| 20 | Wakefield Emley | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 69 | -31 | 42 |
| 21 | Bradford Park Avenue (R) | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 64 | 86 | -22 | 39 |
| 22 | Runcorn FC Halton (R) | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 108 | -72 | 29 |