National League Tables
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Football Conference 1988/89
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Maidstone United | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 92 | 46 | +46 | 84 | ▲Promoted to FL |
| 2nd | Kettering Town | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 76 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Boston United | 40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 74 | - |
| 4th | Wycombe Wanderers | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 71 | - |
| 5th | Kidderminster Harriers | 40 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 69 | - |
| 6th | Runcorn | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 65 | - |
| 7th | Macclesfield Town | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 61 | - |
| 8th | Barnet | 40 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 64 | 69 | -5 | 61 | - |
| 9th | Yeovil Town | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 68 | 67 | +1 | 56 | - |
| 10th | Northwich Victoria | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 64 | 65 | -1 | 53 | - |
| 11th | Welling United | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 46 | -1 | 53 | - |
| 12th | Sutton United | 40 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 51 | - |
| 13th | Enfield | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 62 | 67 | -5 | 50 | - |
| 14th | Altrincham | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 61 | -10 | 49 | - |
| 15th | Cheltenham Town | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 55 | 58 | -3 | 48 | - |
| 16th | Telford United | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 43 | -6 | 48 | - |
| 17th | Chorley | 40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 57 | 71 | -14 | 45 | - |
| 18th | Fisher Athletic | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 65 | -10 | 41 | - |
| 19th | Stafford Rangers | 40 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 49 | 74 | -25 | 40 | - |
| 20th | Aylesbury United | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 71 | -28 | 36 | ▼Relegated to ISL |
| 21st | Weymouth | 40 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 70 | -33 | 31 | ▼Relegated to SFL |
| 22nd | Newport County | Expelled from the League 27th February 1989 | ▼Folded | |||||||
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Relegated from the Football League |
| ▼Darlington were Relegated from the Football League Fourth Division |
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Teams Promoted to the Football Conference |
| ▲Barrow were Promoted from the Northern Premier League Premier Division |
| ▲Merthyr Tydfil were Promoted from the Southern League Premier Division |
| ▲Farnborough Town were Promoted from the Isthmian League Premier Division |
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