League Table 96/97

Pos		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PtS
1	Radcliffe Borough	42	26	7	9	77	33	+44	85
2	Leigh RMI	42	24	11	7	65	33	+32	83
3	Lincoln United	42	25	8	9	78	47	+31	83
4	Farsley Celtic	42	23	8	11	75	48	+27	77
5	Worksop Town	42	20	12	10	68	38	+30	72
6	SPS	42	19	11	12	66	54	+12	68
7	Bradford Park Avenue	42	20	8	14	58	50	+8	68
8	Ashton United	42	17	14	11	73	52	+21	65
9	Great Harwood Town	42	16	12	14	56	46	+10	60
10	Droylsden	42	15	14	13	69	67	+2	59
11	Matlock Town	42	16	10	16	61	69	-8	58
12	Whitley Bay	42	14	12	16	47	54	-7	54
13	Flixton	42	15	7	20	57	72	-15	52
14	Netherfield	42	12	14	16	54	56	-2	50
15	Eastwood Town	42	12	14	16	42	50	-8	50
16	Gretna	42	10	18	14	55	68	-13	48
17	Harrogate Town	42	12	8	21	55	76	-21	47
18	Congleton Town	42	12	9	21	47	64	-17	45
19	Workington	42	10	12	20	45	63	-18	42
20	Curzon Ashton	42	8	10	24	48	79	-31	34
21	Warrington Town	42	5	18	19	42	79	-37	33
22	Atherton Laburnum Robers	42	7	9	26	45	85	-40	30