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1989–90 Football Conference

October 23, 2023

The Football Conference season of 1989–90 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Football Conference.

Football Conference
Season1989–90[1]
ChampionsDarlington (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueDarlington
Conference League Cup winnersYeovil Town
FA Trophy winnersBarrow
Relegated to
Level 6		Chorley,
Enfield,
Farnborough Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,317 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerRobbie Cooke (Kettering Town), 28
Biggest home winRuncorn – Enfield 9–0 (3 March 1990)
Biggest away winBarrow – Merthyr Tydfil 1–5 (18 April 1990);
Stafford Rangers – Darlington 0–4 (21 April 1990);
Telford United – Chorley 0–4 (9 December 1989);
Wycombe Wanderers – Cheltenham Town 0–4 (30 December 1989);
Yeovil Town – Welling United 0–4 (13 September 1989)
Highest scoringRuncorn – Enfield 9–0 (3 March 1990);
Farnborough Town – Runcorn 6–3 (11 November 1989)
Longest winning runBarnet, 8 matches
Longest unbeaten runDarlington, 13 matches
Longest losing runNorthwich Victoria, 6 matches
Highest attendanceBarnet v Darlington, 5,880 (31 March 1990)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1,429 (+ 9% from previous season)

Overview Edit

Darlington, relegated to the Conference from the Fourth Division a year earlier, finished the season as Conference champions and regained their Football League status at the first attempt – just as Lincoln City had done two years earlier. Coming down to the Conference from the Football League were the bottom placed Fourth Division club Colchester United.

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 Darlington 42 13 6 2 43 12 13 3 5 33 13 +51 87 Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division
2 Barnet 42 15 4 2 46 14 11 3 7 35 27 +40 85
3 Runcorn 42 16 3 2 52 20 3 10 8 27 42 +17 70
4 Macclesfield Town 42 11 6 4 35 16 6 9 6 21 25 +15 66
5 Kettering Town 42 13 5 3 35 15 5 7 9 31 38 +13 66
6 Welling United 42 11 6 4 36 16 7 4 10 26 34 +12 64
7 Yeovil Town 42 9 8 4 32 25 8 4 9 30 29 +8 63 Conference League Cup winners
8 Sutton United 42 14 2 5 42 24 5 4 12 26 40 +4 63
9 Merthyr Tydfil[a] 42 9 9 3 41 30 7 5 9 26 33 +4 62
10 Wycombe Wanderers 42 11 6 4 42 24 6 4 11 22 32 +8 61
11 Cheltenham Town 42 9 6 6 30 22 7 5 9 28 38 −2 59
12 Telford United 42 8 7 6 31 29 7 6 8 25 34 −7 58
13 Kidderminster Harriers 42 7 6 8 37 33 8 3 10 27 34 −3 54
14 Barrow[a] 42 11 8 2 33 25 1 8 12 18 42 −16 52 FA Trophy winners
15 Northwich Victoria 42 9 3 9 29 30 6 2 13 22 37 −16 50
16 Altrincham 42 8 5 8 31 20 4 8 9 18 28 +1 49
17 Stafford Rangers 42 9 6 6 25 23 3 6 12 25 39 −12 48
18 Boston United 42 10 3 8 36 30 3 5 13 12 37 −19 47
19 Fisher Athletic 42 9 1 11 34 34 4 6 11 21 44 −23 46
20 Chorley 42 9 5 7 26 26 4 1 16 16 41 −25 45 Relegated to the Northern Premier League
21 Farnborough Town[a] 42 7 5 9 33 30 3 7 11 27 43 −13 42 Relegated to the Southern League
22 Enfield 42 9 3 9 36 34 1 3 17 16 55 −37 36 Relegated to the Isthmian League
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c New club in the Conference

Results Edit

Home \ Away ALT BAR BRW BOS CHL CHO DAR ENF FAR FIS KET KID MAC MER NOR RUN STA SUT TEL WEL WYC YEO
Altrincham 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–1
Barnet 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Barrow 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–1
Boston United 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 3–0 2–2 1–3 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1
Cheltenham Town 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1
Chorley 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–2
Darlington 2–0 1–2 0–0 6–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Enfield 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–3 1–2 2–3 3–5 1–1
Farnborough Town 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 6–3 3–3 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–4
Fisher Athletic 3–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 2–5 2–0 0–2 3–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–2
Kettering Town 3–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–2
Macclesfield Town 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–2
Merthyr Tydfil 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–4 3–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 4–3 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–2
Northwich Victoria 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 4–3 2–3 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–4
Runcorn 0–0 2–2 4–3 3–1 2–4 3–2 2–1 9–0 3–2 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Stafford Rangers 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1
Sutton United 2–1 1–3 3–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–0 1–2 3–1
Telford United 1–3 1–3 3–0 4–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1
Welling United 1–1 3–1 0–0 6–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 4–3 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–4 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 5–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2
Yeovil Town 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–4 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989–1990
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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989–1990

Top scorers in order of league goals Edit

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1]
1 Robbie Cooke Kettering Town 28 0 0 0 28
2 Efan Ekoku Sutton 25 0 0 0 25
3 Simon Read Farnborough Town 23 2 0 1 26
4 Ian Thompson Merthyr Tydfil 21 3 0 0 24
5 John Borthwick Darlington 19 2 0 1 22
= Mark Carter Runcorn 19 0 2 1 22
7 Mike Doherty Runcorn 18 1 0 0 19
8 Gary Bull Barnet 17 5 0 3 25
= Andrew Clarke Barnet 17 2 0 0 19
= Paul Furlong Enfield 17 0 1 1 19
= Paul Gorman Fisher Athletic 17 0 0 0 17
= Terry Robbins Welling United 17 2 1 2 22
= David Webley Merthyr Tydfil 17 2 0 0 19
14 Steve Burr Macclesfield Town 16 3 2 0 21
= Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 16 0 3 6 25
16 Paul McKinnon Sutton 16 1 0 3 20
= Mark West Wycombe Wanderers 16 1 1 2 20
18 Martin Hanchard Northwich Victoria 14 2 0 0 16
= Mark Whitehouse Kidderminster Harriers 14 2 3 2 21
20 David Cork Darlington 12 1 3 1 17
= Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 12 2 0 1 15
= Ken McKenna Telford United 12 0 2 0 14
= Mickey Spencer Yeovil Town 12 1 1 3 17

Promotion and relegation Edit

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Relegated Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.

External links Edit

    October 23, 2023
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The Football Conference season of 1989 90 known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons was the eleventh season of the Football Conference Football ConferenceSeason1989 90 1 ChampionsDarlington 1st Football Conference title Promoted to the Football LeagueDarlingtonConference League Cup winnersYeovil TownFA Trophy winnersBarrowRelegated toLevel 6Chorley Enfield Farnborough TownMatches played462Goals scored1 317 2 85 per match Top goalscorerRobbie Cooke Kettering Town 28Biggest home winRuncorn Enfield 9 0 3 March 1990 Biggest away winBarrow Merthyr Tydfil 1 5 18 April 1990 Stafford Rangers Darlington 0 4 21 April 1990 Telford United Chorley 0 4 9 December 1989 Wycombe Wanderers Cheltenham Town 0 4 30 December 1989 Yeovil Town Welling United 0 4 13 September 1989 Highest scoringRuncorn Enfield 9 0 3 March 1990 Farnborough Town Runcorn 6 3 11 November 1989 Longest winning runBarnet 8 matchesLongest unbeaten runDarlington 13 matchesLongest losing runNorthwich Victoria 6 matchesHighest attendanceBarnet v Darlington 5 880 31 March 1990 Lowest attendance Average attendance1 429 9 from previous season 1988 891990 91 Contents 1 Overview 2 New teams in the league this season 3 Final league table 4 Results 5 Top scorers in order of league goals 6 Promotion and relegation 6 1 Promoted 6 2 Relegated 7 References 8 External linksOverview EditDarlington relegated to the Conference from the Fourth Division a year earlier finished the season as Conference champions and regained their Football League status at the first attempt just as Lincoln City had done two years earlier Coming down to the Conference from the Football League were the bottom placed Fourth Division club Colchester United New teams in the league this season EditBarrow promoted 1988 89 Darlington relegated from the Football League 1988 89 Farnborough Town promoted 1988 89 Merthyr Tydfil promoted 1988 89 Final league table EditPos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation1 Darlington 42 13 6 2 43 12 13 3 5 33 13 51 87 Football Conference Champions promoted to Football League Fourth Division2 Barnet 42 15 4 2 46 14 11 3 7 35 27 40 853 Runcorn 42 16 3 2 52 20 3 10 8 27 42 17 704 Macclesfield Town 42 11 6 4 35 16 6 9 6 21 25 15 665 Kettering Town 42 13 5 3 35 15 5 7 9 31 38 13 666 Welling United 42 11 6 4 36 16 7 4 10 26 34 12 647 Yeovil Town 42 9 8 4 32 25 8 4 9 30 29 8 63 Conference League Cup winners8 Sutton United 42 14 2 5 42 24 5 4 12 26 40 4 639 Merthyr Tydfil a 42 9 9 3 41 30 7 5 9 26 33 4 6210 Wycombe Wanderers 42 11 6 4 42 24 6 4 11 22 32 8 6111 Cheltenham Town 42 9 6 6 30 22 7 5 9 28 38 2 5912 Telford United 42 8 7 6 31 29 7 6 8 25 34 7 5813 Kidderminster Harriers 42 7 6 8 37 33 8 3 10 27 34 3 5414 Barrow a 42 11 8 2 33 25 1 8 12 18 42 16 52 FA Trophy winners15 Northwich Victoria 42 9 3 9 29 30 6 2 13 22 37 16 5016 Altrincham 42 8 5 8 31 20 4 8 9 18 28 1 4917 Stafford Rangers 42 9 6 6 25 23 3 6 12 25 39 12 4818 Boston United 42 10 3 8 36 30 3 5 13 12 37 19 4719 Fisher Athletic 42 9 1 11 34 34 4 6 11 21 44 23 4620 Chorley 42 9 5 7 26 26 4 1 16 16 41 25 45 Relegated to the Northern Premier League21 Farnborough Town a 42 7 5 9 33 30 3 7 11 27 43 13 42 Relegated to the Southern League22 Enfield 42 9 3 9 36 34 1 3 17 16 55 37 36 Relegated to the Isthmian LeagueSource 1 Notes a b c New club in the ConferenceResults EditHome Away ALT BAR BRW BOS CHL CHO DAR ENF FAR FIS KET KID MAC MER NOR RUN STA SUT TEL WEL WYC YEOAltrincham 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 2 1Barnet 1 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 4 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0Barrow 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 1Boston United 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 3 3 0 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 0 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 1Cheltenham Town 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1Chorley 2 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 4 0 1 0 3 2Darlington 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 1 5 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 5 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0Enfield 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 5 1 1Farnborough Town 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 6 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 4Fisher Athletic 3 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 2 5 2 0 0 2 3 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 3 1 1 2Kettering Town 3 0 3 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0Kidderminster Harriers 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 4 1 1 0 2 3 2Macclesfield Town 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 4 0 2 2 1 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 2Merthyr Tydfil 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 4 3 2 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 2Northwich Victoria 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 4Runcorn 0 0 2 2 4 3 3 1 2 4 3 2 2 1 9 0 3 2 4 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1Stafford Rangers 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1Sutton United 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 2 3 1Telford United 1 3 1 3 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1Welling United 1 1 3 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1Wycombe Wanderers 1 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 2Yeovil Town 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 4 2Updated to match es played on unknown Source Jack Rollin ed Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990 91 Queen Anne Press MacDonald amp Co London and Sydney 1991 1 Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win nbsp nbsp Altrincham nbsp Barnet nbsp Barrow nbsp Boston United nbsp Cheltenham Town nbsp Chorley nbsp Darlington nbsp Enfield nbsp Farnborough Town nbsp Fisher Athletic nbsp Kettering Town nbsp Kidderminster Harriers nbsp Macclesfield Town nbsp Merthyr Tydfil nbsp Northwich Victoria nbsp Runcorn F C Halton nbsp Stafford Rangers nbsp Sutton nbsp Telford United nbsp Welling United nbsp Wycombe Wanderers nbsp Yeovil Townclass notpageimage Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989 1990 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp BarnetEnfieldFisher AthleticSuttonWellingclass notpageimage Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989 1990Top scorers in order of league goals EditRank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total 1 1 Robbie Cooke Kettering Town 28 0 0 0 282 Efan Ekoku Sutton 25 0 0 0 253 Simon Read Farnborough Town 23 2 0 1 264 Ian Thompson Merthyr Tydfil 21 3 0 0 245 John Borthwick Darlington 19 2 0 1 22 Mark Carter Runcorn 19 0 2 1 227 Mike Doherty Runcorn 18 1 0 0 198 Gary Bull Barnet 17 5 0 3 25 Andrew Clarke Barnet 17 2 0 0 19 Paul Furlong Enfield 17 0 1 1 19 Paul Gorman Fisher Athletic 17 0 0 0 17 Terry Robbins Welling United 17 2 1 2 22 David Webley Merthyr Tydfil 17 2 0 0 1914 Steve Burr Macclesfield Town 16 3 2 0 21 Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 16 0 3 6 2516 Paul McKinnon Sutton 16 1 0 3 20 Mark West Wycombe Wanderers 16 1 1 2 2018 Martin Hanchard Northwich Victoria 14 2 0 0 16 Mark Whitehouse Kidderminster Harriers 14 2 3 2 2120 David Cork Darlington 12 1 3 1 17 Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 12 2 0 1 15 Ken McKenna Telford United 12 0 2 0 14 Mickey Spencer Yeovil Town 12 1 1 3 17Promotion and relegation EditPromoted Edit Darlington to the Football League Fourth Division Bath City from the Southern Premier League Gateshead from the Northern Premier League Slough Town from the Isthmian League Relegated Edit Colchester United from the Football League Fourth Division Chorley to the Northern Premier League Enfield to the Isthmian League Farnborough Town to the Southern Premier League References Edit a b c d Jack Rollin ed Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990 91 Queen Anne Press MacDonald amp Co London and Sydney 1991 External links Edit1989 90 Conference National Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1989 90 Football Conference amp oldid 1095573578, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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