Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Diff.	Points
Hyde United (P)	42	24	8	10	79	49	30	80
Matlock Town (p)	42	23	7	12	78	51	27	76
Farsley Celtic (p)	42	20	14	8	78	56	22	74
Lincoln United (p)	42	20	11	11	73	53	20	71
WITTON ALBION (p)	42	17	12	13	61	56	5	63
Gateshead (p)	42	21	4	17	65	68	-3	63 (-4)
Workington (p)	42	17	11	14	70	58	12	62
Leek Town (p)	42	16	13	13	56	47	9	61
Guiseley (p)	42	16	12	14	66	54	12	60
Bamber Bridge (p)	42	16	12	14	64	53	11	60
Bridlington Town (p)	42	16	10	16	70	68	2	58
Prescot Cables (p)	42	16	10	16	63	65	−2	58
Bishop Auckland (p)	42	14	13	15	61	64	−3	55
Ossett Town (p)	42	15	10	17	62	73	−11	52 (-3)
Rossendale United	42	13	12	17	53	62	−9	51
Colwyn Bay	42	14	9	19	56	82	−26	51
North Ferriby United	42	13	11	18	64	70	−6	50
Chorley	42	13	10	19	54	70	−16	49
Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	12	12	18	57	69	−12	48
Belper Town	42	9	15	18	44	58	−14	42
Kendal Town	42	11	7	24	53	79	−26	40
Kidsgrove Athletic	42	10	9	23	45	67	−22	39

The formation of the Conference North division for 04/05 allowed the top 14 teams to automatically be promoted to the NPL Premier Division.