1995–96 Football Conference
Appearance
Season | 1995–96[1] |
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Champions | Stevenage Borough (1st Football Conference title) |
Promoted to the Football League | None |
Conference League Cup winners | Bromsgrove Rovers |
FA Trophy winners | Macclesfield Town |
Relegated to Level 6 | Dagenham & Redbridge, Runcorn |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,384 (3 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Barry Hayles (Stevenage Borough), 29 |
Biggest home win | Macclesfield Town – Halifax Town 7–0 (9 March 1996); Morecambe – Altrincham 7–0 (17 February 1996) |
Biggest away win | Runcorn F.C. Halton – Stevenage Borough 0–8 (25 November 1995) |
Highest scoring | Slough Town – Kidderminster Harriers 5–4 (28 August 1995); Morecambe – Woking 4–5 (13 January 1997) |
Longest winning run | Woking, 7 matches |
Longest unbeaten run | Stevenage Borough, 17 matches |
Longest losing run | Dover Athletic, 9 matches |
Highest attendance | Woking v Macclesfield Town, 4,583 (6 April 1996) |
Lowest attendance | ? |
Average attendance | 1,054 |
← 1994–95 1996–97 → |
The Football Conference season of 1995–96 was the seventeenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.
Overview
[edit]Stevenage Borough, won the Conference championship during their second season in this league. However, they did not earn a promotion to the Football League because they did not meet Football League requirements.
New teams in the league this season
[edit]- Hednesford Town (promoted 1994–95)
- Morecambe (promoted 1994–95)
- Slough Town (promoted 1994–95)
Final league table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 24 | +57 | 91 | Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League |
2 | Woking | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 41 | +29 | 83 | |
3 | Hednesford Town[a] | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 25 | +25 | 76 | |
4 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 33 | +17 | 75 | FA Trophy winners |
5 | Gateshead | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +12 | 67 | |
6 | Southport | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 39 | +13 | 66 | |
7 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 40 | +12 | 64 | |
8 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 29 | +8 | 60 | |
9 | Morecambe[a] | 42 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 39 | +6 | 59 | |
10 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 35 | +5 | 59 | |
11 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 37 | +2 | 59 | Conference League Cup winners |
12 | Altrincham | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 35 | −5 | 58 | |
13 | Telford United | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 33 | −5 | 55 | |
14 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 31 | −9 | 55 | |
15 | Halifax Town | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 38 | −14 | 52 | |
16 | Kettering Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 52 | −16 | 48 | |
17 | Slough Town[a] | 42 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 32 | −13 | 47 | |
18 | Bath City | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 35 | −21 | 46 | |
19 | Welling United | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −11 | 45 | |
20 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 36 | −23 | 40 | |
21 | Runcorn | 42 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 44 | −39 | 35 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League |
22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 39 | −30 | 33 | Relegated to the Isthmian League |
Source: [1]
Notes:
Notes:
Results
[edit]Locations of the Football Conference teams 1995–1996
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Promoted
[edit]- Hayes (from the Isthmian League)
- Rushden & Diamonds (from the Southern Premier League)
Relegated
[edit]- Dagenham & Redbridge (to the Isthmian League)
- Runcorn (to the Northern Premier League)
Top scorers in order of league goals
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barry Hayles | Stevenage Borough | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
2 | Joe O'Connor | Hednesford | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
3 | Carl Alford | Kettering Town | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
4 | Mark West | Slough Town | 21 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
= | Chris Boothe | Farnborough Town | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 32 |
6 | David Leworthy | Dover Athletic | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
7 | Steve Harkus | Gateshead | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
8 | Clive Walker | Woking | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
9 | Carwyn Williams | Northwich Victoria | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
10 | Andy Whittaker | Southport | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
11 | Corey Browne | Stevenage Borough | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
12 | Mike Bignall | Runcorn | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
= | Brian Butler | Northwich Victoria | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
= | Kim Casey | Kidderminster Harriers | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
= | Paul Davies | Kidderminster Harriers | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
= | Darran Hay | Woking | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
= | Junior Hunter | Woking | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |