2008–09 Football Conference
Season | 2008–09 |
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← 2007–08 2009–10 → |
The 2008–09
Conference Premier
A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Conference North
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Conference South
Teams relegated from 2007–08 League Two
Eastbourne, Mansfield, Lewes and Wrexham appear in the Conference Premier for the first time, while Barrow return to the league after ten years. Kettering have three times been runners-up at this level and return to the league after an absence of five years.
Woking's relegation ended the tenure of the Football Conference's longest serving club, completing seventeen seasons in the top-flight.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Burton Albion (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 81 | 52 | +29 | 88 | Promotion to League Two |
2 | Cambridge United | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 86 | Qualification for Conference Premier play-offs |
3 | Histon | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 78 | 48 | +30 | 83 | |
4 | Torquay United (P) | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 83 | |
5 | Stevenage Borough
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46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 81 | |
6 | Kidderminster Harriers | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 48 | +21 | 79 | |
7 | Oxford United[a] | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 77 | |
8 | Kettering Town | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 76 | |
9 | Crawley Town[b] | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 77 | 55 | +22 | 70 | |
10 | Wrexham | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 66 | |
11 | Rushden & Diamonds | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 63 | |
12 | Mansfield Town[c] | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 62 | |
13 | Eastbourne Borough | 46 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 60 | |
14 | Ebbsfleet United | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 60 | −8 | 58 | |
15 | Altrincham | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 56 | |
16 | Salisbury City | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 55 | |
17 | York City | 46 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 52 | |
18 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 70 | 76 | −6 | 52 | |
19 | Grays Athletic | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 52 | |
20 | Barrow | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 51 | |
21 | Woking (R) | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 44 | Relegation to Conference South |
22 | Northwich Victoria (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 56 | 75 | −19 | 43 | Relegation to Conference North |
23 | Weymouth (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 86 | −41 | 43 | Relegation to Conference South |
24 | Lewes (R) | 46 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 89 | −61 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Play-offs
Semi-finals | Final at Wembley Stadium | ||||||||||
5 | Stevenage Borough
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
2 | Cambridge United | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
2 | Cambridge United | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Torquay United | 2 | |||||||||
4 | Torquay United | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
3 | Histon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Semifinals
Stevenage Borough | ||
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Report |
Cambridge United won 4–3 on Aggregate.
Torquay United won 2–1 on Aggregate.
Play-Off Final
Torquay United | ||
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Report |
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