| Place | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | Points |
| 1. | Kettering FC | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 74 | 28 | 45 |
| 2. | Gainsborough Trinity FC | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 26 | 40 |
| 3. | Walsall FC | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 91 | 47 | 40 |
| 4. | Long Eaton Rangers FC | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 68 | 39 | 39 |
| 5. | Rushden FC | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 46 | 32 |
| 6. | Heanor Town FC | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 70 | 45 | 31 |
| 7, | Ilkeston Town FC | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 62 | 41 | 30 |
| 8. | Barnsley St. Peter's FC | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 62 | 52 | 29 |
| 9. | Grantham Rovers FC | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 64 | 47 | 27 |
| 10. | Doncaster Rovers FC | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 26 |
| 11. | Dresden United FC | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 49 | 24 |
| 12. | Wellingborough FC | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 71 | 24 |
| 13. | Mansfield Town FC | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 68 | 20 |
| 14. | Newark FC | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 36 | 78 | 13 |
| 15. | Matlock FC | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 130 | 0 |