| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Radcliffe | 40 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 103:58 | 45 | 87 | |
| 2. | Macclesfield | 40 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 84:47 | 37 | 77 | |
| 3. | Marine | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 87:44 | 43 | 76 | |
| 4. | Warrington Rylands | 40 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 65:42 | 23 | 75 | |
| 5. | Worksop | 40 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 72:49 | 23 | 70 | |
| 6. | Hyde | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 68:48 | 20 | 67 | |
| 7. | Ashton Utd | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 73:63 | 10 | 67 | |
| 8. | Gainsborough | 40 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 66:63 | 3 | 63 | |
| 9. | Lancaster | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 60:62 | -2 | 62 | |
| 10. | Guiseley | 40 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 69:63 | 6 | 61 | |
| 11. | Ilkeston | 40 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 69:62 | 7 | 60 | |
| 12. | Whitby | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 60:50 | 10 | 56 | |
| 13. | Morpeth | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 76:81 | -5 | 50 | |
| 14. | FC United | 40 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 55:77 | -22 | 48 | |
| 15. | Matlock | 40 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 62:77 | -15 | 47 | |
| 16. | Bamber Bridge | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 63:82 | -19 | 47 | |
| 17. | Workington | 40 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 67:81 | -14 | 44 | |
| 18. | Basford | 40 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 44:65 | -21 | 37 | |
| 19. | Bradford PA | 40 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 50:85 | -35 | 30 | |
| 20. | Stafford | 40 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 36:81 | -45 | 30 | |
| 21. | Atherton | 40 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 47:96 | -49 | 25 | |
| 22. | Marske | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 |