1995–96 Football Conference
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The Vauxhall Conference season of 1995–96 was the seventeenth season of the Conference National.
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Overview
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
- Hednesford Town (promoted 1994–95)
- Morecambe (promoted 1994–95)
- Slough Town (promoted 1994–95)
Final league table[1]
| Season | 1995–96[1] |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1384 (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 |
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← 1994–95
1996–97 →
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 101 | 44 | + 57 | 91 | |||||
| 2 | Woking | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 83 | 54 | + 29 | 83 | |||||
| 3 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 71 | 46 | + 25 | 76 | |||||
| 4 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 66 | 49 | + 17 | 75 | |||||
| 5 | Gateshead | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 58 | 46 | + 12 | 67 | |||||
| 6 | Southport | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 39 | 77 | 64 | + 13 | 66 | |||||
| 7 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 78 | 66 | + 12 | 64 | |||||
| 8 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 72 | 64 | + 8 | 60 | |||||
| 9 | Morecambe | 42 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 78 | 72 | + 6 | 59 | |||||
| 10 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 35 | 63 | 58 | + 5 | 59 | |||||
| 11 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 59 | 57 | + 2 | 59 | |||||
| 12 | Altrincham | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 35 | 59 | 64 | – 5 | 58 | |||||
| 13 | Telford United | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 51 | 56 | – 5 | 55 | |||||
| 14 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 59 | 68 | – 9 | 55 | |||||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 49 | 63 | – 14 | 52 | |||||
| 16 | Kettering Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 52 | 68 | 84 | – 16 | 48 | |||||
| 17 | Slough Town | 42 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 63 | 76 | – 13 | 47 | |||||
| 18 | Bath City | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 45 | 66 | – 21 | 46 | |||||
| 19 | Welling United | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 53 | – 11 | 45 | |||||
| 20 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 51 | 74 | – 23 | 40 | |||||
| 21 | Runcorn | 42 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 48 | 87 | – 39 | 35 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League | ||||
| 22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 73 | – 30 | 33 | Relegated to the Isthmian League |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League | |
| FA Trophy winners | |
| Conference League Cup winners | |
| New club in the Conference | |
| Relegated to Level 6 |
Results[1]
| Home ╲ Away | ALT | BAT | BRO | D&R | DOV | FAR | GAT | HAL | HED | KET | KID | MAC | MOR | NOR | RUN | SLO | SOU | STL | STB | TEL | WEL | WOK |
| Altrincham | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Bath City | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Bromsgrove Rovers | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Dover Athletic | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | |
| Farnborough Town | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Gateshead | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Halifax Town | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Hednesford Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Kettering Town | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Morecambe | 7–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–5 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Runcorn | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–8 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | |
| Slough Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Southport | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | |
| Stevenage Borough | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
| Telford United | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Welling United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Woking | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 |
Source: Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Hayes (from the Isthmian League)
- Rushden & Diamonds (from the Southern Premier League)
Relegated
- Dagenham & Redbridge (to the Isthmian League)
- Runcorn (to the Northern Premier League)
Top scorers in order of league goals[1]
| 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 |
