Pos Team                        P   W   D   L   F   A  GD Pts 
  1 Northwich Victoria         42  29   5   8  97  49  48  92 
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  2 Stafford Rangers           42  25  10   7  68  34  34  85 
  3 Nuneaton Borough           42  22  11   9  68  43  25  77 
  4 Droylsden                  42  20  12  10  80  56  24  72 
  5 Harrogate Town             42  22   5  15  66  56  10  71
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  6 Kettering Town             42  19  10  13  63  49  14  67 
  7 Stalybridge Celtic         42  19   9  14  74  54  20  66 
  8 Worcester City             42  16  14  12  58  46  12  62 
  9 Moor Green                 42  15  16  11  67  64   3  61 
 10 Hinckley United            42  14  16  12  60  55   5  58 
 11 Hyde United                42  15  11  16  68  61   7  56 
 12 Hucknall Town              42  14  13  15  56  55   1  55 
 13 Workington                 42  14  13  15  60  62  -2  55 
 14 Barrow                     42  12  11  19  62  67  -5  47 
 15 Lancaster City             42  12  11  19  52  66 -14  47 
 16 Gainsborough Trinity       42  11  13  18  45  65 -20  46 
 17 Alfreton Town              42  10  15  17  46  58 -12  45 
 18 Vauxhall Motors            42  12   7  23  50  71 -21  43 
 19 Worksop Town               42  10  11  21  46  71 -25  41 
 20 Redditch United            42   9  12  21  53  78 -25  39
 21 Leigh RMI                  42   9  13  20  45  79 -34  39* 
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 22 Hednesford Town            42   7  14  21  42  87 -45  35 
    * = 1 point deducted
    Stafford Rangers promoted via playoffs