National League Tables
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Football Conference 1997/98
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Halifax Town | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 74 | 43 | +31 | 87 | ▲Promoted to FL |
| 2nd | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 78 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Woking | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 74 | - |
| 4th | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 79 | 57 | +22 | 74 | - |
| 5th | Morecambe | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 64 | +13 | 73 | - |
| 6th | Hereford United | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 67 | - |
| 7th | Hednesford Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 66 | - |
| 8th | Slough Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 64 | ▼Demoted to ISL |
| 9th | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 63 | 49 | +4 | 60 | - |
| 10th | Welling United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 60 | - |
| 11th | Yeovil Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 73 | 63 | +10 | 59 | - |
| 12th | Hayes | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 58 | - |
| 13th | Dover Athletic | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 60 | 70 | -10 | 55 | - |
| 14th | Kettering Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 53 | 60 | -7 | 52 | - |
| 15th | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 59 | 63 | -4 | 51 | - |
| 16th | Southport | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 56 | 58 | -2 | 50 | - |
| 17th | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 56 | 63 | -7 | 47 | - |
| 18th | Farnborough Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 56 | 70 | -14 | 44 | - |
| 19th | Leek Town | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 52 | 67 | -15 | 44 | - |
| 20th | Telford United | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 76 | -23 | 42 | - |
| 21st | Gateshead | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 51 | 87 | -36 | 35 | ▼Relegated to NPL |
| 22nd | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 48 | 93 | -45 | 29 | ▼Relegated to NPL |
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Relegated from the Football League |
| ▼Doncaster Rovers were Relegated from Football League Division 3 |
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Teams Promoted to the Football Conference |
| ▲Barrow were Promoted from the Northern Premier League Premier Division |
| ▲Forest Green Rovers were Promoted from the Southern League Premier Division |
| ▲Kingstonian were Promoted from the Isthmian League Premier Division |
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