[1] The League featured twenty teams for the second consecutive season.
Out of the twenty clubs from the Northern Premier League only South Shields reached for the second round: Second Round Third Round Out of the twenty clubs from the Northern Premier League only Macclesfield Town reached for the fourth round: Fourth Round Semi-finals Final At the end of the second season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward, for election, received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League.
Hyde United resigned the league, due to financial difficulties and Gateshead was relegated.
Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of thirteen non-League teams applied for election, three of which were from the Northern Premier League.
Bradford Park Avenue was subsequently relegated to the Northern Premier League.