1996–97 Football Conference

	Conference National 1996-97
Winners:	Macclesfield Town
Runners Up:	Kidderminster Harriers
Relegated:	Hereford United Bath City Bromsgrove Rovers Altrincham
Promoted:	Macclesfield Town Leek Town Cheltenham Town Yeovil Town

The GM Vauxhall Conference season of 1996-97 was the eighteenth season of the Conference National.

Conference National teams 1996-97

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Macclesfield Town	42	27	9	6	80	30	+50	90
2	Kidderminster Harriers	42	26	7	9	84	42	+42	85
3	Stevenage Borough	42	24	10	8	87	53	+34	82
4	Morecambe	42	19	9	14	69	56	+13	66
5	Woking	42	18	10	14	71	63	+8	64
6	Northwich Victoria	42	17	12	13	61	54	+7	63
7	Farnborough Town	42	16	13	13	58	53	+5	61
8	Hednesford Town	42	16	12	14	52	50	+2	60
9	Telford United	42	16	10	16	46	56	-10	58
10	Gateshead	42	15	11	16	59	63	-4	56
11	Southport	42	15	10	17	51	61	-10	55
12	Rushden & Diamonds	42	14	11	17	61	63	-2	53
13	Stalybridge Celtic	42	14	10	18	53	58	-5	52
14	Kettering Town	42	14	9	19	53	62	-9	51
15	Hayes	42	12	14	16	54	55	-1	50
16	Slough Town	42	12	14	16	62	65	-3	50
17	Dover Athletic	42	12	14	16	57	68	-11	50
18	Welling United	42	13	9	20	50	60	-10	48
19	Halifax Town	42	12	12	18	55	74	-19	48
20	Bath City	42	12	11	19	53	80	-27	47
21	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	12	5	25	41	67	-26	41
22	Altrincham	42	9	12	21	49	73	-24	39

^{1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Conference National 1996-97

Winners:	Macclesfield Town
Runners Up:	Kidderminster Harriers
Relegated:	Hereford United Bath City Bromsgrove Rovers Altrincham
Promoted:	Macclesfield Town Leek Town Cheltenham Town Yeovil Town