2010–11 Football Conference

Conference Premier
Season	2010–11
Champions	Crawley Town
Promoted	Crawley Town; AFC Wimbledon
Relegated	Altrincham; Eastbourne Borough; Histon
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,549 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matt Tubbs (37)
Biggest home win	Crawley Town 7–0 Altrincham; (20 November 2010)
Biggest away win	Eastbourne Borough 0–6 Fleetwood Town; (9 April 2011); Gateshead 1–7 Newport County; (30 April 2011)
Highest scoring	Grimsby Town 7–2 Mansfield Town; (1 January 2011); Wrexham 2–7 Gateshead; (19 February 2011)
Highest attendance	18,195 ; Luton Town 0–0 AFC Wimbledon; (21 May 2011)
Lowest attendance	180; Hayes & Yeading United 2–1 Eastbourne Borough; (7 December 2010)
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Football Conference
Season	2010–11
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Football Conference season was the seventh season with the

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 Premier was referred to as the Blue Square Bet Premier.

Conference Premier

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 2009–10 Conference North

Teams promoted from 2009–10 Conference South

Teams relegated from 2009–10 League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Crawley Town (C, P)	46	31	12	3	93	30	+63	105	Promotion to 2011–12 League Two
2	AFC Wimbledon (P)	46	27	9	10	83	47	+36	90	Qualification for Conference Premier Play-offs
3	Luton Town	46	23	15	8	85	37	+48	84
4	Wrexham	46	22	15	9	66	49	+17	81
5	Fleetwood Town	46	22	12	12	68	42	+26	78
6	Kidderminster Harriers^[a]	46	20	17	9	74	60	+14	72
7	Darlington	46	18	17	11	61	42	+19	71
8	York City	46	19	14	13	56	51	+5	71
9	Newport County	46	18	15	13	78	60	+18	69
10	Bath City	46	16	15	15	64	68	−4	63
11	Grimsby Town	46	15	17	14	72	62	+10	62
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	10	19	73	75	−2	61
13	Rushden & Diamonds^[b]	46	16	14	16	65	62	+3	57	Club folded
14	Gateshead	46	14	15	17	65	68	−3	57
15	Kettering Town^[c]	46	15	13	18	64	75	−11	56
16	Hayes & Yeading United	46	15	6	25	57	81	−24	51
17	Cambridge United	46	11	17	18	53	61	−8	50
18	Barrow	46	12	14	20	52	67	−15	50
19	Tamworth	46	12	13	21	62	83	−21	49
20	Forest Green Rovers	46	10	16	20	53	72	−19	46
21	Southport^[d]	46	11	13	22	56	77	−21	46	Club reprieved from relegation
22	Altrincham (R)	46	11	11	24	47	87	−40	44	Relegation to 2011–12 Conference North
23	Eastbourne Borough (R)	46	10	9	27	62	104	−42	39	Relegation to 2011–12 Conference South
24	Histon^[a] (R)	46	8	9	29	41	90	−49	28	Relegation to 2011–12 Conference North

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2011. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Kidderminster Harriers and Histon were docked five points for submitting misleading financial information.^[2]
^ Rushden & Diamonds were docked five points for submitting misleading financial information^[3] and subsequently expelled from the Football Conference on 11 June 2011.^[4]
^ Kettering Town were docked two points for fielding an ineligible player.^[3]
^ Southport were reprieved from relegation.

Play-offs

Semifinals					Final

2	AFC Wimbledon	2	6	8

5	Fleetwood Town	0	1	1
					2	AFC Wimbledon ( p )	0 (4)

					3	Luton Town	0 (3)
3	Luton Town	3	2	5

4	Wrexham	0	1	1

Semifinals

6 May 2011

19:45

Fleetwood Town	0–2	AFC Wimbledon
	Report	Moore 38' Mohamed 48'

Highbury Stadium

, Fleetwood

Attendance: 4,112

Referee: Nick Kinseley

11 May 2011

19:45

AFC Wimbledon	6–1	Fleetwood Town
Mohamed 1', 35', 63' Kedwell 28' Jolley 67' Mulley 80'	Report	Seddon 47'

Kingsmeadow

, Kingston upon Thames

Attendance: 4,538

Referee: Andy Madley

AFC Wimbledon won 8–1 on aggregate.

5 May 2011

19:45

Wrexham	0–3	Luton Town
	Report	Lawless 16' Gnakpa 28' Asafu-Adjaye 35'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 7,211

Referee: Stephen Martin

10 May 2011

19:45

Luton Town	2–1	Wrexham
Kroča 29' Walker 80'	Report	Mangan 8'

Kenilworth Road, Luton

Attendance: 9,078

Referee: Carl Berry

Luton Town won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

21 May 2011

15:00

AFC Wimbledon	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Luton Town

Penalties
Hatton Moore Mohamed Yakubu Kedwell	4–3	Lawless Pilkington Newton Walker Howells

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 18,195

Referee: James Adcock

Stadia and locations

Barrow

Hayes & Yeading United

Histon

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Locations of the Conference Premier 2010–11 teams

[table_note_KID0.22205533935784-3] Kidderminster Harriers and Histon were docked five points for submitting misleading financial information.^[2]

[table_note_R&D0.22205533935784-6] Rushden & Diamonds were docked five points for submitting misleading financial information^[3] and subsequently expelled from the Football Conference on 11 June 2011.^[4]

[table_note_KET0.22205533935784-7] Kettering Town were docked two points for fielding an ineligible player.^[3]

[table_note_SOU0.22205533935784-8] Southport were reprieved from relegation.

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Team	Stadium	Capacity
Darlington	The Darlington Arena	25,294
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,550
Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	10,226
Mansfield Town	Field Mill	10,000
Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium	9,617
Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	9,546
York City	Bootham Crescent	9,196
Bath City	Twerton Park	8,800
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
Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Fleetwood Town	Highbury Stadium	5,500
Forest Green Rovers	The New Lawn	5,147
Crawley Town	Broadfield Stadium	4,996
AFC Wimbledon	Kingsmeadow	4,720
Newport County	Newport Stadium	4,700
Barrow	Holker Street	4,256
Eastbourne Borough	Priory Lane	4,134
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
Histon	Bridge Road	3,800

Home \ Away	WIM	ALT	BRW	BAT	CAM	CRA	DAR	EAB	FLE	FGR	GAT	GRI	H&Y	HIS	KET	KID	LUT	MAN	NPC	R&D	SOU	TAM	WRE	YOR
AFC Wimbledon		4–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	0–1	1–0
Altrincham	0–2		2–0	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–2	0–3	3–2	1–2	0–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
Barrow	2–0	1–0		0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	3–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0
Bath City	2–2	2–2	1–1		4–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–2
Cambridge United	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–2		2–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–5	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–3	1–3	2–1
Crawley Town	3–1	7–0	3–2	2–1	3–0		1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	5–2	5–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	4–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	1–1
Darlington	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–1		6–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1
Eastbourne Borough	2–3	5–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–1		0–6	0–0	0–3	2–3	5–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–4	1–3	0–0	0–2	4–1	1–4	4–3	2–1
Fleetwood Town	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1		2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Forest Green Rovers	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–4	1–0		1–1	3–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	4–0	3–0	2–1
Gateshead	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–7	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–3
Grimsby Town	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–2		1–2	2–1	2–1	3–3	2–0	7–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0
Hayes & Yeading United	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	3–2	2–1	1–2	3–4	3–1	0–3		1–2	3–2	0–4	0–1	4–0	1–2	3–3	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–2
Histon	0–4	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–3	1–6	0–1		0–3	0–1	0–4	2–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2
Kettering Town	1–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	4–3		1–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Kidderminster Harriers	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	4–1		3–3	1–3	2–3	1–0	3–4	2–2	1–0	0–0
Luton Town	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	3–0	1–3	6–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	1–1		2–0	1–1	3–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	5–0
Mansfield Town	2–5	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–5	3–1	3–2	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0		3–3	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	5–0
Newport County	3–3	2–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0
Rushden & Diamonds	1–0	1–2	5–0	5–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1		2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4
Southport	0–1	1–0	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	5–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2		2–1	0–1	4–0
Tamworth	2–5	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	4–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–2	0–1		1–1	1–3
Wrexham	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–7	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–2		1–1
York City	4–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1

Semifinals					Final

2	AFC Telford United	1	2	3

6	Nuneaton Town	1	1	2
					2	AFC Telford United	3

					5	Guiseley	2
3	Boston United	0	3	3 (2)

5	Guiseley ( p )	1	2	3 (3)

a.e.t.)	Guiseley
Pearson 10' Church 79' Davidson 113'		Rothery 60' Stamp 108'
Penalties
Church Sleath Jelliman Boyes Dudfield	2–3	Walshaw Stamp Boshell Toulson Peyton

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Gloucester City	Whaddon Road (Groundshare)	7,066
Boston United	York Street	6,643
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
AFC Telford United	New Bucks Head	6,300
Eastwood Town	Coronation Park	5,000
Redditch United	The Valley	5,000
Worcester City	St George's Lane	4,749
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,450
Nuneaton Town	Liberty Way	4,350
Hinckley United	De Montfort Park	4,329
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,304
Hyde	Ewen Fields	4,250
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,150
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
Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	3,000
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park	2,500

2010–11 Football Conference

Conference Premier

Promotion and relegation

League table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Stadia and locations

Results

Conference North

Promotion and relegation

League table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Stadia and locations

Results

Conference South

Promotion and relegation

League table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Stadia and locations

Results

References

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Braintree Town (C, P)	42	27	8	7	78	33	+45	89	Promotion to 2011–12 Conference Premier
2	Farnborough	42	25	7	10	83	47	+36	82	Qualification to Conference South Playoffs
3	Ebbsfleet United (P)	42	22	12	8	75	51	+24	78
4	Chelmsford City	42	23	8	11	82	50	+32	77
5	Woking	42	22	10	10	62	42	+20	76
6	Welling United^[a]	42	24	8	10	81	47	+34	75
7	Dover Athletic	42	22	8	12	80	51	+29	74
8	Eastleigh	42	22	6	14	74	53	+21	72
9	Havant & Waterlooville	42	16	10	16	56	51	+5	58
10	Dartford	42	15	12	15	60	59	+1	57
11	Bromley	42	15	12	15	49	61	−12	57
12	Weston-super-Mare	42	15	8	19	56	67	−11	53
13	Basingstoke Town	42	13	10	19	50	63	−13	49
14	Boreham Wood	42	12	11	19	56	67	−11	47
15	Staines Town	42	11	14	17	48	63	−15	47
16	Bishop's Stortford	42	13	6	23	48	79	−31	45	Transferred to Conference North
17	Dorchester Town	42	10	14	18	49	59	−10	44
18	Hampton & Richmond	42	9	15	18	43	61	−18	42
19	Maidenhead United	42	10	10	22	43	70	−27	40
20	Thurrock^[b]	42	8	13	21	50	77	−27	37	Club reprieved from relegation
21	Lewes (R)	42	9	9	24	34	70	−36	36	Relegation to 2011–12 Isthmian League
22	St Albans City^[c] (R)	42	7	13	22	39	75	−36	24	Relegation to 2011–12 Southern Football League

Semifinals					Final

2	Farnborough	1	1	2

5	Woking	0	1	1
					2	Farnborough	2

					3	Ebbsfleet United	4
3	Ebbsfleet United	4	2	6

4	Chelmsford City	1	1	2

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Dover Athletic	Crabble Stadium	6,500
Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Basingstoke Town	The Camrose	6,000
Havant & Waterlooville	West Leigh Park	5,250
Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road	5,011
Dorchester Town	Avenue Stadium	5,009
Bromley	Hayes Lane	5,000
Boreham Wood	Meadow Park	4,502
St Albans City	Clarence Park	4,500
Welling United	Park View Road	4,500
Braintree Town	Cressing Road	4,145
Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,000
Farnborough	Cherrywood Road	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	Beveree Stadium	3,000
Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000
Maidenhead United	York Road	3,000
Staines Town	Wheatsheaf Park	3,000