1995–96 Football Conference

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Stevenage Borough, 17 matches
Longest losing runDover Athletic, 9 matches
Highest attendanceWoking v Macclesfield Town, 4,583 (6 April 1996)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1,054

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

Football League
because they did not meet Football League requirements.

New teams in the league this season

Final league table

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 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:
  1. ^ a b c New club in the Conference

Results

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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations of the Football Conference teams 1995–1996

Promotion and relegation

Relegated

Top scorers in order of league goals

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

[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996.

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