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2009–10 Football Conference

 
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The 2009–10 Football Conference season will be the sixth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions, and the thirty-first season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference National is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the playoff of the National division were promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four were relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions were promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions were relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League. For sponsorship reasons, the Conference National is frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.

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Conference National

A total of 24 teams will contest the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Conference North 2008-09

Teams promoted from Conference South 2008-09

Teams relegated from Football League Two 2008-09

Luton Town became the first team to drop from the Football League Championship to the Conference in successive seasons and in the process ended an 89 year stay in the Football League.

League table

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Oxford United 22 16 4 2 41 15 +26 52 Promotion to League Two
2 Stevenage Borough 23 13 8 2 38 17 +21 47 Qualification to Conference National playoffs
3 York City 23 12 7 4 32 21 +11 43
4 Kettering Town 22 12 5 5 30 18 +12 41
5 Mansfield Town 22 12 4 6 37 25 +12 40
6 AFC Wimbledon 22 10 6 6 37 22 +15 36
7 Rushden & Diamonds 22 10 6 6 35 25 +10 36
8 Luton Town 21 10 6 5 27 21 +6 36
9 Kidderminster Harriers 23 10 5 8 30 23 +7 35
10 Cambridge United 22 8 8 6 37 25 +12 32
11 Altrincham 22 8 7 7 25 21 +4 31
12 Histon 22 8 6 8 29 28 +1 30
13 Tamworth 23 7 8 8 27 29 −2 29
14 Crawley Town 23 8 4 11 23 32 −9 28
15 Wrexham 21 7 6 8 20 19 +1 27
16 Barrow 22 6 8 8 23 32 −9 26
17 Hayes & Yeading United 22 6 7 9 25 30 −5 25
18 Gateshead 23 6 4 13 27 37 −10 021
19 Salisbury City 23 9 3 11 24 31 −7 020*
20 Eastbourne Borough 22 4 8 10 18 31 −13 20
21 Grays Athletic 23 3 7 13 23 45 −22 16 Relegation to Conference North/Conference South
22 Ebbsfleet United 23 3 6 14 12 37 −25 15
23 Forest Green Rovers 22 2 7 13 17 42 −25 13
24 Chester City 23 5 6 12 22 33 −11 0-4

Updated to games played on 2 December 2009
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
*Salisbury City deducted 10 points for entering administration[1]
Chester City deducted 25 points for entering administration and insolvency[2]
Gateshead deducted 1 point for failing to fulfil a fixture[3]

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Wrexham Racecourse Ground 15,550
Oxford United Kassam Stadium 12,500
Gateshead Gateshead International Stadium 11,800
Luton Town Kenilworth Road 10,226
Mansfield Town Field Mill 10,000
Cambridge United Abbey Stadium 9,617
York City KitKat Crescent 9,196
Stevenage Borough Broadhall Way 7,100
Hayes & Yeading United Church Road 6,500
Rushden & Diamonds Nene Park 6,441
Kidderminster Harriers Aggborough 6,238
Kettering Town Rockingham Road 6,170
Altrincham Moss Lane 6,085
Chester City Deva Stadium 5,328
Forest Green Rovers The New Lawn 5,147
Ebbsfleet United Stonebridge Road 5,011
Crawley Town Broadfield Stadium 4,996
AFC Wimbledon Kingsmeadow 4,720
Barrow Holker Street 4,256
Eastbourne Borough Priory Lane 4,134
Grays Athletic New Recreation Ground 4,100
Tamworth The Lamb Ground 4,000
Histon Bridge Road 3,800
Salisbury City Raymond McEnhill Stadium 3,500

Results

Home \ Away1 WIM ALT BRW CAM CHC CRA EAS EBB FGR GAT GRY H&Y HIS KTT KDR LUT MFT OXU R&D SAL STV TMW WRX YOR
AFC Wimbledon 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–1
Altrincham 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0
Barrow 2–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–6 0–0 1–0 0–0
Cambridge United 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 7–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–4 2–2 2–0
Chester City 3–1 1–3 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2
Crawley Town 0–1 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1
Eastbourne Borough 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1
Ebbsfleet United 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1
Forest Green Rovers 2–5 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2
Gateshead 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2
Grays Athletic 2–4 0–3 3–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0
Hayes & Yeading United 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–4 1–1 2–2 1–1
Histon 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 1–1 3–4 2–0 0–2 0–0
Kettering Town 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2
Kidderminster Harriers 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–0
Luton Town 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1
Mansfield Town 4–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–3
Oxford United 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Rushden & Diamonds 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 5–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–1
Salisbury City 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–0
Stevenage Borough 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–3 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Tamworth 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–3
Wrexham 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–0
York City 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1

Updated to games played on 2 December
Source: Football Conference
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 1 December.
Pos Player Team Goals
1 England Richard Brodie York City 15
England James Constable Oxford United
3 England Chris Holroyd Cambridge United 14
England Danny Kedwell AFC Wimbledon
5 England Matt Tubbs Salisbury 11
6 Wales Robert Duffy Mansfield Town 10
England Jon Main AFC Wimbledon
8 England Matthew Barnes-Homer Kidderminster Harriers/Luton Town 9
England Charlie Griffin Stevenage Borough
10 England Cliff Akurang Rushden & Diamonds 8
Republic of Ireland Daryl Clare Mansfield Town/Gateshead
England Kyle Perry Mansfield Town
Wales Gareth Taylor Wrexham
England Lee Tomlin Rushden & Diamonds
England Jason Walker Barrow

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August[4][5] England Chris Wilder Oxford United England George Pilkington Luton Town
September[6] England Chris Wilder Oxford United England Ryan Clarke Oxford United
October[7][8] England David Holdsworth Mansfield Town England Paul Farman Gateshead
November[9][10] England Martin Foyle York City England Richard Brodie York City

Conference North

A total of 22 teams will contest the division, including 17 sides who competed in the 2008-09 season, one relegated from the Conference National and four promoted from the lower leagues.

In April 2009, the Conference decided to demote King's Lynn at the end of the 2008-09 season, because their ground does not meet Conference standards[11].

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Northern Premier League 2008–09

Teams promoted from Southern Football League Premier Division 2008-09

Teams relegated from Conference National 2008-09

League table

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Southport 20 12 6 2 46 22 +24 42 Promotion to Conference National
2 Droylsden 18 10 4 4 46 24 +22 34 Qualification to Conference North Playoffs
3 Eastwood Town 20 10 4 6 35 32 +3 34
4 Hinckley United 18 9 6 3 30 21 +9 33
5 Fleetwood Town 17 9 5 3 41 20 +21 32
6 Alfreton Town 20 9 4 7 38 28 +10 31
7 Corby Town 18 9 4 5 32 30 +2 31
8 Stalybridge Celtic 15 8 4 3 33 22 +11 28
9 Ilkeston Town 18 7 7 4 26 18 +8 28
10 A.F.C. Telford United 17 7 4 6 19 21 −2 25
11 Workington 18 6 5 7 15 19 −4 23
12 Gloucester City 18 6 3 9 25 26 −1 21
13 Blyth Spartans 17 5 5 7 28 29 −1 20
14 Farsley Celtic 19 9 2 8 32 31 +1 019*
15 Solihull Moors 20 5 4 11 20 29 −9 19
16 Stafford Rangers 19 5 4 10 32 44 −12 19
17 Hyde United 19 4 6 9 18 35 −17 18
18 Redditch United 19 5 3 11 23 44 −21 18
19 Northwich Victoria 16 7 5 4 24 21 +3 016*
20 Gainsborough Trinity 19 4 4 11 22 35 −13 16 Relegation to Level 7
21 Vauxhall Motors 18 2 7 9 18 36 −18 13
22 Harrogate Town 19 3 4 12 19 38 −19 13

Updated to games played on 1 December 2009
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
* Northwich Victoria and Farsley Celtic were originally thrown out of the Football Conference for going into administration, but they successfully appealed, meaning they were allowed to play in the Conference North but started on -10 points.[12]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Stalybridge Celtic Bower Fold 6,500
A.F.C. Telford United New Bucks Head 6,300
Southport Haig Avenue 6,008
Redditch United The Valley 5,000
Gloucester City The Corinium Stadium 4,500
Northwich Victoria Victoria Stadium 4,500
Blyth Spartans Croft Park 4,450
Hinckley United De Montfort Park 4,329
Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme 4,304
Stafford Rangers Marston Road 4,150
Hyde United Ewen Fields 4,100
Farsley Celtic Throstle Nest 3,900
Fleetwood Town Highbury Stadium 3,663
Alfreton Town North Street 3,600
Ilkeston Town New Manor Ground 3,500
Harrogate Town Wetherby Road 3,300
Workington Borough Park 3,101
Solihull Moors Damson Park 3,050
Corby Town Rockingham Triangle 3,000
Droylsden Butcher's Arms Ground 3,000
Eastwood Town Coronation Park 2,500
Vauxhall Motors Motassist Arena 2,500

Results

Home \ Away1 TEL ALF BLY COR DRO EAS FAR FLE GAI GLO HAR HIN HYD ILK NOR RED SOL SOU STR STC VAU WOR
A.F.C. Telford United 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2
Alfreton Town 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–5 2–2
Blyth Spartans 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–2
Corby Town 3–6 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Droylsden 1–2 2–0 5–0 2–0 5–1 7–1
Eastwood Town 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–3
Farsley Celtic 0–3 2–1 0–2 4–1
Fleetwood Town 3–1 4–2 3–1 1–1 4–0
Gainsborough Trinity 0–1 4–2 1–4 1–0 1–4 2–4 0–1
Gloucester City 0–1 3–1 1–4 1–3 3–4 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–2
Harrogate Town 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–4 3–0
Hinckley United 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1
Hyde United 1–5 0–3 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–0
Ilkeston Town 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 4–0
Northwich Victoria 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–1
Redditch United 3–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–4 2–1
Solihull Moors 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–2
Southport 2–3 3–2 3–1 1–1 4–2 2–1
Stafford Rangers 0–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0
Stalybridge Celtic 0–3 1–3 2–2 3–1 2–2
Vauxhall Motors 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–2
Workington 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1

Updated to games played on 14 September
Source: Football Conference
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August[4][5] England Paul Cox Eastwood Town England Ciaran Kilheeney Southport
September[13][14] England Steve Burr Stalybridge Celtic England Dan Lowson Ilkeston Town
October[7] England Liam Watson Southport

Conference South

A total of 22 teams will contest the division, including 17 currently competing sides, three relegated from the Conference National and two promoted from the lower leagues.

Team Bath announced that they were to leave the Football Conference from the end of the 2008-09 season. The club decided to fold, after being informed they could not be promoted to the professional leagues, which also lead to them no longer being able to play FA Cup games.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Isthmian League Premier Division 2008-09

Teams relegated from Conference National 2008-09

League table

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Newport County 18 13 4 1 33 8 +25 43 Promotion to Conference National
2 Dover Athletic 20 11 3 6 35 24 +11 36 Qualification to Conference South Playoffs
3 Woking 19 9 5 5 21 17 +4 32
4 Thurrock 17 9 4 4 33 23 +10 31
5 Chelmsford City 20 9 4 7 27 28 −1 31
6 Basingstoke Town 21 8 5 8 25 30 −5 29
7 Bishop's Stortford 18 8 4 6 28 21 +7 28
8 Braintree Town 17 7 7 3 22 18 +4 28
9 Bromley 17 8 4 5 28 25 +3 28
10 Bath City 18 7 6 5 32 24 +8 27
11 Eastleigh 18 7 5 6 32 24 +8 26
12 Maidenhead United 20 6 7 7 25 22 +3 25
13 Havant & Waterlooville 17 6 7 4 23 20 +3 25
14 Welling United 20 7 4 9 24 27 −3 25
15 St Albans City 19 7 4 8 22 26 −4 25
16 Staines Town 18 5 9 4 19 18 +1 24
17 Hampton & Richmond Borough 17 5 5 7 24 25 −1 20
18 Dorchester Town 19 5 3 11 27 40 −13 18
19 Worcester City 19 3 7 9 21 26 −5 16
20 Weston-super-Mare 19 4 4 11 28 38 −10 16 Relegation to Level 7
21 Lewes 18 2 7 9 14 28 −14 13
22 Weymouth 19 2 4 13 13 44 −31 10

Updated to games played on 1 December 2009
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Bath City Twerton Park 8,800
Dover Athletic Crabble Stadium 6,500
Weymouth The Wessex Stadium 6,500
Woking Kingfield Stadium 6,036
Basingstoke Town The Camrose 6,000
Havant & Waterlooville West Leigh Park 5,250
Dorchester Town Avenue Stadium 5,009
Bromley Courage Stadium 5,000
Worcester City St George's Lane 4,749
St Albans City Clarence Park 4,500
Welling United Park View Road 4,500
Newport County Newport Stadium 4,300
Braintree Town Cressing Road 4,145
Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park 4,000
Thurrock Ship Lane 3,500
Weston-super-Mare Woodspring Stadium 3,500
Chelmsford City Melbourne Stadium 3,000
Eastleigh Silverlake Stadium 3,000
Hampton & Richmond Borough Beveree Stadium 3,000
Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000
Maidenhead United York Road 3,000
Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park 3,000

Results

Home \ Away1 BAS BAT BIS BRA BRO CHE DOR DOV EAS HAM HAV LEW MAI NEW SAC STA THU WEL WSM WEY WOK WOR
Basingstoke Town 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2
Bath City 4–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–1
Bishop's Stortford 1–5 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1
Braintree Town 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0
Bromley 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Chelmsford City 4–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–2
Dorchester Town 2–2 5–0 1–3 1–2 4–3 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–1
Dover Athletic 2–3 2–1 2–0 4–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 5–3 0–2
Eastleigh 1–2 6–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 4–1
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–2
Havant & Waterlooville 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2
Lewes 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Maidenhead United 3–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–0
Newport County 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 5–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1
St Albans City 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–0
Staines Town 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Thurrock 2–2 5–2 0–2 3–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–1
Welling United 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 3–0 3–1 1–2
Weston-super-Mare 1–3 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–3 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 3–1
Weymouth 0–2 2–6 1–5 1–2 0–5 0–1 0–5 0–2 0–0 2–1
Woking 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Worcester City 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–1

Updated to games played on 1 December
Source: Football Conference
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August[4][5] England Frank Gray Basingstoke Town England Manny Williams Havant & Waterlooville
September[13][14] England Dean Holdsworth Newport County England Craig Reid Newport County
October[7] England Alan Devonshire Hampton & Richmond Borough
November[9][10] England Dean Holdsworth Newport County England Tom Whitnell Welling United

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