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1988–89 Football Conference

August 25, 2023

The Football Conference season of 1988–89 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football Conference.

Football Conference
Season1988–89[1]
ChampionsMaidstone United (2nd Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueMaidstone United
Conference League Cup winnersYeovil Town
FA Trophy winnersTelford United
Relegated to
Level 6/Folded		Weymouth,
Newport County
Matches played420
Goals scored1,236 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerSteve Butler (Maidstone United), 26;
Mark Gall (Maidstone United), 26
Biggest home winMaidstone United – Altrincham 7–2 (27 August 1988);
Wycombe Wanderers – Stafford Rangers 6–1 (11 February 1989);
Boston United – Barnet 5–0 (29 October 1988);
Maidstone United – Yeovil Town 5–0 (22 October 1988);
Runcorn – Aylesbury 5–0 (3 December 1988);
Welling United – Aylesbury 5–0 (12 October 1988)
Biggest away winBoston United – Runcorn 0–6 (28 September 1988)
Highest scoringMaidstone United – Altrincham 7–2 (27 August 1988);
Kidderminster Harriers – Maidstone United 3–6 (8 April 1989)
Longest winning runBoston United, Chorley, Maidstone, Runcorn, 6 matches
Longest unbeaten runMaidstone, 17 matches
Longest losing runFisher Athletic, 6 matches
Highest attendanceWycombe Wanderers v Kettering Town, 4,890 (8 April 1989)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1195 (– 4% compared to previous season)

It was the third season that the champions of the Conference were automatically promoted to the Football League after the abolition of the election system.

Overview Edit

Maidstone United, who had been Conference champions once earlier in the decade and once the runners-up, were finally promoted to the Football League Fourth Division after gaining their second title at this level.

Newport County, the club newly relegated to the Conference from the Football League, were wound up due to debts on 27 February 1989. They were then expelled from the Conference for failing to fulfil their fixtures; their record was expunged.

New teams in the league this season Edit

Final league table Edit

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maidstone United 40 12 5 3 48 22 13 4 3 44 24 +46 84 Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division
2 Kettering Town 40 16 1 3 35 15 7 6 7 21 24 +17 76
3 Boston United 40 12 3 5 36 28 10 5 5 25 23 +10 74
4 Wycombe Wanderers 40 9 7 4 34 25 11 4 5 34 27 +16 71
5 Kidderminster Harriers 40 10 4 6 32 32 11 2 7 36 25 +11 69
6 Runcorn 40 11 3 6 39 22 8 5 7 38 31 +24 65
7 Macclesfield Town 40 9 5 6 31 26 8 5 7 32 31 +6 61
8 Barnet 40 11 2 7 36 30 7 5 8 28 39 −5 61
9 Yeovil Town[a] 40 8 5 7 34 30 7 6 7 34 37 +1 56 Conference League Cup winners
10 Northwich Victoria 40 8 5 7 31 30 6 6 8 33 35 −1 53
11 Welling United 40 8 6 6 27 16 6 5 9 18 30 −1 53
12 Sutton United 40 10 5 5 43 26 2 10 8 21 28 +10 51
13 Enfield 40 7 4 9 33 32 7 4 9 29 35 −5 50
14 Altrincham 40 6 8 6 24 23 7 2 11 27 38 −10 49
15 Cheltenham Town 40 7 7 6 32 29 5 5 10 23 29 −3 48
16 Telford United 40 5 5 10 17 24 8 4 8 20 19 −6 48 FA Trophy winners
17 Chorley[a] 40 6 4 10 26 32 7 2 11 31 39 −14 45
18 Fisher Athletic 40 6 4 10 31 32 4 7 9 24 33 −10 41
19 Stafford Rangers 40 7 4 9 27 32 4 3 13 22 42 −25 40 [b]
20 Aylesbury United[a] 40 7 4 9 27 30 2 5 13 16 41 −28 36 Relegated to the Isthmian League
21 Weymouth 40 6 7 7 27 30 1 3 16 10 40 −33 31 Relegated to the Southern League
– Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Expelled[c]
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c New club in the Conference
  2. ^ Stafford Rangers were reprieved from relegation due to Newport County's expulsion.
  3. ^ Newport County were expelled from the Conference and their record was expunged.

Results Edit

Home \ Away ALT AYL BAR BOS CHL CHO ENF FIS KET KID MAC MDS NOR RUN STA SUT TEL WEL WEY WYC YEO
Altrincham 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–2
Aylesbury United 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–5 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–2 3–2
Barnet 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–4 2–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 4–1 1–0 2–0
Boston United 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–4 2–1 0–6 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
Cheltenham Town 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Chorley 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–3
Enfield 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 3–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–4 1–1
Fisher Athletic 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 3–3 4–2
Kettering Town 0–1 5–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Kidderminster Harriers 2–3 4–3 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–6 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2
Macclesfield Town 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–3
Maidstone United 7–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–3 4–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 1–3 5–0
Northwich Victoria 4–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–4 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–2
Runcorn 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–1
Stafford Rangers 0–2 3–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–6
Sutton United 3–2 5–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 5–2
Telford United 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1
Welling United 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–2
Weymouth 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–3 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–2
Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–4 3–3 6–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Yeovil Town 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 4–3 4–0 2–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–80. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1989.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1987–1988
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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1988–1989

Top scorers Edit

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1]
1 Steve Butler Maidstone United 26 0 0 1 27
= Mark Gall Maidstone United 26 2 0 1 29
3 Chris Camden Stafford Rangers 23 9 0 2 34
= Mark Carter Runcorn 23 0 0 1 24
5 Ken Charlery Maidstone United 22 4 0 0 26
6 Steve Burr Macclesfield Town 21 0 5 0 26
= Don Page Runcorn 21 1 0 3 25
8 Paul Davies Kidderminster Harriers 20 1 0 4 25
= Lenny Dennis Sutton United 20 3 1 5 29
= Mark West Wycombe Wanderers 20 4 2 0 26
11 Ronnie Ellis Altrincham 18 2 0 0 20
= Derrick Parker Northwich Victoria 18 2 2 0 22
13 Phil Power Chorley 16 1 0 0 17
= Guy Whittingham Yeovil Town 16 0 0 0 16
15 Chris Cook Boston United 15 6 1 1 23
= Dean Neal Fisher Athletic 15 6 0 0 21
= Paul Wilson Boston United 15 5 1 0 21
18 Frank Murphy Barnet 14 2 0 2 18
= Malcolm O'Connor Northwich Victoria 14 6 1 1 22
20 Gary Abbott Enfield 13 4 1 0 18
= Phil Derbyshire Macclesfield Town 13 0 0 0 13
= Ernie Moss Kettering Town 13 1 3 0 17

Promotion and relegation Edit

Edit

Relegated Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–90. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1989.

External links Edit

    August 25, 2023
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The Football Conference season of 1988 89 known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons was the tenth season of the Football Conference Football ConferenceSeason1988 89 1 ChampionsMaidstone United 2nd Football Conference title Promoted to the Football LeagueMaidstone UnitedConference League Cup winnersYeovil TownFA Trophy winnersTelford UnitedRelegated toLevel 6 FoldedWeymouth Newport CountyMatches played420Goals scored1 236 2 94 per match Top goalscorerSteve Butler Maidstone United 26 Mark Gall Maidstone United 26Biggest home winMaidstone United Altrincham 7 2 27 August 1988 Wycombe Wanderers Stafford Rangers 6 1 11 February 1989 Boston United Barnet 5 0 29 October 1988 Maidstone United Yeovil Town 5 0 22 October 1988 Runcorn Aylesbury 5 0 3 December 1988 Welling United Aylesbury 5 0 12 October 1988 Biggest away winBoston United Runcorn 0 6 28 September 1988 Highest scoringMaidstone United Altrincham 7 2 27 August 1988 Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone United 3 6 8 April 1989 Longest winning runBoston United Chorley Maidstone Runcorn 6 matchesLongest unbeaten runMaidstone 17 matchesLongest losing runFisher Athletic 6 matchesHighest attendanceWycombe Wanderers v Kettering Town 4 890 8 April 1989 Lowest attendance Average attendance1195 4 compared to previous season 1987 881989 90 It was the third season that the champions of the Conference were automatically promoted to the Football League after the abolition of the election system Contents 1 Overview 2 New teams in the league this season 3 Final league table 4 Results 5 Top scorers 6 Promotion and relegation 6 1 Promoted 6 2 Relegated 7 References 8 External linksOverview EditMaidstone United who had been Conference champions once earlier in the decade and once the runners up were finally promoted to the Football League Fourth Division after gaining their second title at this level Newport County the club newly relegated to the Conference from the Football League were wound up due to debts on 27 February 1989 They were then expelled from the Conference for failing to fulfil their fixtures their record was expunged New teams in the league this season EditAylesbury United promoted 1987 88 Chorley promoted 1987 88 Newport County relegated from the Football League 1987 88 Yeovil Town promoted 1987 88 Final league table EditPos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation1 Maidstone United 40 12 5 3 48 22 13 4 3 44 24 46 84 Football Conference Champions promoted to Football League Fourth Division2 Kettering Town 40 16 1 3 35 15 7 6 7 21 24 17 763 Boston United 40 12 3 5 36 28 10 5 5 25 23 10 744 Wycombe Wanderers 40 9 7 4 34 25 11 4 5 34 27 16 715 Kidderminster Harriers 40 10 4 6 32 32 11 2 7 36 25 11 696 Runcorn 40 11 3 6 39 22 8 5 7 38 31 24 657 Macclesfield Town 40 9 5 6 31 26 8 5 7 32 31 6 618 Barnet 40 11 2 7 36 30 7 5 8 28 39 5 619 Yeovil Town a 40 8 5 7 34 30 7 6 7 34 37 1 56 Conference League Cup winners10 Northwich Victoria 40 8 5 7 31 30 6 6 8 33 35 1 5311 Welling United 40 8 6 6 27 16 6 5 9 18 30 1 5312 Sutton United 40 10 5 5 43 26 2 10 8 21 28 10 5113 Enfield 40 7 4 9 33 32 7 4 9 29 35 5 5014 Altrincham 40 6 8 6 24 23 7 2 11 27 38 10 4915 Cheltenham Town 40 7 7 6 32 29 5 5 10 23 29 3 4816 Telford United 40 5 5 10 17 24 8 4 8 20 19 6 48 FA Trophy winners17 Chorley a 40 6 4 10 26 32 7 2 11 31 39 14 4518 Fisher Athletic 40 6 4 10 31 32 4 7 9 24 33 10 4119 Stafford Rangers 40 7 4 9 27 32 4 3 13 22 42 25 40 b 20 Aylesbury United a 40 7 4 9 27 30 2 5 13 16 41 28 36 Relegated to the Isthmian League21 Weymouth 40 6 7 7 27 30 1 3 16 10 40 33 31 Relegated to the Southern League Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Expelled c Source 1 Notes a b c New club in the Conference Stafford Rangers were reprieved from relegation due to Newport County s expulsion Newport County were expelled from the Conference and their record was expunged Results EditHome Away ALT AYL BAR BOS CHL CHO ENF FIS KET KID MAC MDS NOR RUN STA SUT TEL WEL WEY WYC YEOAltrincham 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 2Aylesbury United 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 3 2Barnet 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 2 1 2 3 3 2 0 2 1 4 2 1 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 4 1 1 0 2 0Boston United 3 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 2 4 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 4 2 1 0 6 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1Cheltenham Town 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 4 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1Chorley 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 3Enfield 2 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 3 4 1 1Fisher Athletic 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 2Kettering Town 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0Kidderminster Harriers 2 3 4 3 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 6 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 2Macclesfield Town 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 3Maidstone United 7 2 1 1 3 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 0 1 3 5 0Northwich Victoria 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 2Runcorn 3 0 5 0 3 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 3 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 3 2 1Stafford Rangers 0 2 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 6Sutton United 3 2 5 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 3 0 5 2Telford United 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1Welling United 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 2Weymouth 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2Wycombe Wanderers 2 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 4 3 3 6 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1Yeovil Town 2 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 2 3 1 1Updated to match es played on unknown Source Jack Rollin ed Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989 80 Queen Anne Press Macdonald Futura Publishers London amp Sydney 1989 1 Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Altrincham Aylesbury Barnet Boston United Cheltenham Town Chorley Enfield Fisher Athletic Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Macclesfield Town Maidstone United Newport County Northwich Victoria Runcorn F C Halton Stafford Rangers Sutton Telford United Welling United Weymouth Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Townclass notpageimage Locations of the Football Conference teams 1987 1988 BarnetEnfieldFisher AthleticSuttonWellingclass notpageimage Locations of the Football Conference teams 1988 1989Top scorers EditRank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total 1 1 Steve Butler Maidstone United 26 0 0 1 27 Mark Gall Maidstone United 26 2 0 1 293 Chris Camden Stafford Rangers 23 9 0 2 34 Mark Carter Runcorn 23 0 0 1 245 Ken Charlery Maidstone United 22 4 0 0 266 Steve Burr Macclesfield Town 21 0 5 0 26 Don Page Runcorn 21 1 0 3 258 Paul Davies Kidderminster Harriers 20 1 0 4 25 Lenny Dennis Sutton United 20 3 1 5 29 Mark West Wycombe Wanderers 20 4 2 0 2611 Ronnie Ellis Altrincham 18 2 0 0 20 Derrick Parker Northwich Victoria 18 2 2 0 2213 Phil Power Chorley 16 1 0 0 17 Guy Whittingham Yeovil Town 16 0 0 0 1615 Chris Cook Boston United 15 6 1 1 23 Dean Neal Fisher Athletic 15 6 0 0 21 Paul Wilson Boston United 15 5 1 0 2118 Frank Murphy Barnet 14 2 0 2 18 Malcolm O Connor Northwich Victoria 14 6 1 1 2220 Gary Abbott Enfield 13 4 1 0 18 Phil Derbyshire Macclesfield Town 13 0 0 0 13 Ernie Moss Kettering Town 13 1 3 0 17Promotion and relegation EditPromoted Edit Maidstone United to the Football League Fourth Division Barrow from the Northern Premier League Farnborough Town from the Isthmian League Merthyr Tydfil from the Southern League Relegated Edit Aylesbury to the Isthmian League Darlington from the Football League Fourth Division Weymouth to the Southern League References Edit a b c d 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