VAUXHALL CONFERENCE 
1996/97
      P W D L F A Pts
      1 Macclesfield Town 42 27 9 6 80 30 90 Promoted
      2 Kidderminster Harriers 42 26 7 9 84 42 85
  Promoted Macclesfield   3 Stevenage Borough 42 24 10 8 87 53 82
 

 Town were promoted

   4 Morecambe 42 19 9 14 69 56 66
   to the Football   5 Woking 42 18 10 14 71 63 64
  League, Hereford   6 Northwich Victoria 42 17 12 13 61 54 63
  United were relegated   7 Farnborough Town 42 16 13 13 58 53 61
  from the League.   8 Hednesford Town 42 16 12 14 52 50 60
      9 Telford United 42 16 10 16 46 56 58
  Relegated Bath City and   10 Gateshead 42 15 11 16 59 63 56
  Bromsgrove Rovers    11 Southport 42 15 10 17 51 61 55
   were relegated to the   12 Rushden & Diamonds 42 14 11 17 61 63 53
  Dr Martens Southern   13 Stalybridge Celtic 42 14 10 18 53 58 52
  League and    14 Kettering Town 42 14 9 19 53 62 51
  Altrincham were   15 Hayes 42 12 14 16 54 55 50
  relegated to the   16 Slough Town 42 12 14 16 62 65 50
  Unibond Northern.   17 Dover Athletic 42 12 14 16 57 68 50
 

Premier League.

   18 Welling United 42 13 9 20 50 60 48
      19 Halifax Town 42 12 12 18 55 74 48
      20 Bath City 42 12 11 19 53 80 47 Relegated
      21 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 12 5 25 41 67 41 Relegated
      22 Altrincham 42 9 12 21 49 73 39 Relegated