2013–14 Football Conference

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Football Conference
Season	2013–14
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The 2013–14 Football Conference season was the tenth season with the

Football League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League

.

Skrill sponsored the Conference for this season and the divisions were known as the Skrill Premier, the Skrill North and the Skrill South.^[1]

Skrill terminated the sponsorship deal early, meaning a new title sponsor must be found for next season.

Conference Premier

A total of 24 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from

Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South. Of the 24 clubs, 14 employed their players as full-time professionals, namely Aldershot, Barnet, Cambridge, Forest Green, Gateshead, Grimsby, Hereford, Kidderminster, Lincoln, Luton, Macclesfield, Salisbury, Tamworth and Wrexham.^[3]

The remainder were semi-professional, training two or three times a week.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2012–13 Conference North

Chester (League Champions)
FC Halifax Town (Playoff Winners)

Teams promoted from 2012–13 Conference South

Welling United (League Champions)
Salisbury City (Playoff Winners)

Teams relegated from 2012–13 Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Luton Town (C, P)	46	30	11	5	102	35	+67	101	Promotion to Football League Two
2	Cambridge United (P)	46	23	13	10	72	35	+37	82	Qualification for Conference Premier play-offs
3	Gateshead	46	22	13	11	72	50	+22	79
4	Grimsby Town	46	22	12	12	65	46	+19	78
5	FC Halifax Town	46	22	11	13	85	58	+27	77
6	Braintree Town	46	21	11	14	57	39	+18	74
7	Kidderminster Harriers	46	20	12	14	66	59	+7	72
8	Barnet	46	19	13	14	58	53	+5	70
9	Woking	46	20	8	18	66	69	−3	68
10	Forest Green Rovers	46	19	10	17	80	66	+14	67
11	Alfreton Town^[a]	46	21	7	18	69	74	−5	67
12	Salisbury City	46	19	10	17	58	63	−5	67^[b]	Club folded
13	Nuneaton Town	46	18	12	16	54	60	−6	66
14	Lincoln City	46	17	14	15	60	59	+1	65
15	Macclesfield Town	46	18	7	21	62	63	−1	61
16	Welling United	46	16	12	18	59	61	−2	60
17	Wrexham	46	16	11	19	61	61	0	59
18	Southport	46	14	11	21	53	71	−18	53
19	Aldershot Town^[c]	46	16	13	17	69	62	+7	51
20	Hereford United (R)	46	13	12	21	44	63	−19	51^[d]	Demoted to the Southern League Premier Division
21	Chester	46	12	15	19	49	70	−21	51^[d]
22	Dartford	46	12	8	26	49	74	−25	44^[b]
23	Tamworth (R)	46	10	9	27	43	81	−38	39	Relegation to Conference North
24	Hyde (R)	46	1	7	38	38	119	−81	10	Relegation to Conference North

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2014. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Alfreton Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player
^ ^a ^b On 13 June 2014, Salisbury City were demoted to the Conference South due to financial irregularities. Because of this, Dartford were reprieved from relegation.^[4] Salisbury were subsequently expelled from the Football Conference altogether on 4 July 2014, after which they went into liquidation.
^ Aldershot Town deducted ten points for entering administration
^ ^a ^b On 10 June 2014, Hereford United were expelled from the Conference due to financial irregularities. They were later accepted into the Southern League.^[5] Because of this, Chester were reprieved from relegation.^[6]

Play-offs

Semifinals					Final

2	Cambridge United	0	2	2

5	FC Halifax Town	1	0	1
					2	Cambridge United	2

					3	Gateshead	1
3	Gateshead	1	3	4

4	Grimsby Town	1	1	2

First leg

30 April 2014	FC Halifax Town	1–0	Cambridge United	The Shay, Halifax
19:45	Gregory 83' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,668 Referee: Simon Bennett

1 May 2014	Grimsby Town	1–1	Gateshead	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
19:45	Disley 24'	Report	Larkin 7'	Attendance: 5,234 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Second leg

4 May 2014	Cambridge United	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	FC Halifax Town	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
13:30	Sam-Yorke 11', 38'	Report		Attendance: 6,262 Referee: Darren Handley

4 May 2014	Gateshead	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Grimsby Town	Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead
16:30	Marwood 22', 84' O'Donnell 90+4'	Report	Disley 60'	Attendance: 8,144 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Final

18 May 2014	Cambridge United	2–1	Gateshead	Wembley Stadium, London
16:00	Hughes 51' Donaldson 71'	BBC Report	Lester 80'	Attendance: 19,613 Referee: Peter Banks

Stadia and locations

Nuneaton Town

Locations of the Conference Premier 2013–14 teams

[table_note_ALF0.12390295515019-4] Alfreton Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player

[table_hth_SAL0.12390295515019-6] On 13 June 2014, Salisbury City were demoted to the Conference South due to financial irregularities. Because of this, Dartford were reprieved from relegation.^[4] Salisbury were subsequently expelled from the Football Conference altogether on 4 July 2014, after which they went into liquidation.

[table_note_ALD0.12390295515019-7] Aldershot Town deducted ten points for entering administration

[table_hth_HER0.12390295515019-10] On 10 June 2014, Hereford United were expelled from the Conference due to financial irregularities. They were later accepted into the Southern League.^[5] Because of this, Chester were reprieved from relegation.^[6]

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Team	Stadium	Capacity
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,500
FC Halifax Town	The Shay	14,061
Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	10,226
Lincoln City	Sincil Bank	10,120
Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium	9,617
Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	9,546
Aldershot Town	EBB Stadium	7,100
Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose	6,355
Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough	6,238
Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Chester	Deva Stadium	6,000
Hereford United	Edgar Street	5,966
Forest Green Rovers	The New Lawn	5,147
Barnet	The Hive Stadium	5,100
Salisbury City	The Raymond McEnhill Stadium	5,000
Nuneaton Town	Liberty Way	4,314
Hyde	Ewen Fields	4,250
Braintree Town	Cressing Road	4,145
Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
Welling United	Park View Road	4,000
Alfreton Town	North Street	3,600

Home \ Away	ALD	ALF	BAR	BRA	CAM	CHR	DAR	HAL	FGR	GAT	GRI	HER	HYD	KID	LIN	LUT	MAC	NUN	SAL	SOU	TAM	WEL	WOK	WRE
Aldershot Town		2–3	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	3–3	1–0	2–2	3–2	5–1	6–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Alfreton Town	1–4		3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–5	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–2	2–2	3–1	1–0
Barnet	1–3	1–0		1–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1
Braintree Town	1–0	3–1	0–3		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	3–0
Cambridge United	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	7–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0
Chester	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0		0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	3–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–0
Dartford	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	3–3	0–1		1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–3	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	5–1	1–5
FC Halifax Town	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–0	3–3	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	5–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–4	3–2
Forest Green Rovers	3–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–1	8–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1
Gateshead	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1		1–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–2	5–0	1–1	0–2	0–3
Grimsby Town	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	5–2	0–1	3–1	2–2		1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1
Hereford United	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–2
Hyde	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–5	2–6	0–2	0–1	2–2		1–3	3–4	0–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–5
Kidderminster Harriers	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1		4–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–3	2–0	2–0	3–1
Lincoln City	0–1	4–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0		0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–0
Luton Town	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	3–0	3–0	4–3	4–1	4–2	0–0	7–0	4–1	6–0	3–2		1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	5–0
Macclesfield Town	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2		0–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–2
Nuneaton Town	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–5	1–0		1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0
Salisbury City	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–1		1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–1
Southport	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1		2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2
Tamworth	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–4	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	3–4	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–1		1–1	2–4	2–2
Welling United	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	2–0		3–0	1–1
Woking	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–4		2–1
Wrexham	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0

Semifinals					Final

2	North Ferriby United	0	0	0

5	Guiseley	2	1	3
					5	Guiseley	1

					3	Altrincham	2
3	Altrincham	2	2	4

4	Hednesford Town	2	1	3

30 April 2014	Guiseley	2–0	North Ferriby United	Nethermoor Park, Guiseley
19:45	Boyes 37' Johnson 49'	Report		Attendance: 1,164

30 April 2014	Hednesford Town	2–2	Altrincham	Keys Park, Hednesford
19:45	Melbourne 33' Glover 58'	Report	Reeves 14' Walshaw 61'	Attendance: 1,209

2013–14 Football Conference