2008–09 Football Conference

The 2008–09 Football Conference season was the fifth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions, and the thirtieth season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier was the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, while the Conference North and Conference South existed at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the playoff of the National division were promoted to 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 frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.

Football Conference

Season	2008–09
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Conference Premier

A total of 24 teams contested 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 2007–08 Conference North

• Kettering Town
• Barrow

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Conference South

• Lewes
• Eastbourne Borough

Teams relegated from 2007–08 League Two

• Mansfield Town
• Wrexham

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. Altrincham remain in the Conference after a third consecutive reprieve from relegation, following Halifax Town's demotion for financial reasons.

Woking's relegation ended the tenure of the Football Conference's longest serving club, completing seventeen seasons in the top-flight.

League table

Conference Premier

Season	2008–09
Champions	Burton Albion (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to League Two	Burton Albion, Torquay United
Relegated to Conference North/Conference South	Woking Northwich Victoria Weymouth Lewes
Promoted for the next season	Tamworth, Gateshead, AFC Wimbledon, Hayes & Yeading United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,410 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Mangan (Forest Green Rovers), 26
Biggest home win	Wrexham – Eastbourne Borough 5–0, Wrexham – Stevenage Borough 5–0
Biggest away win	Weymouth – Rushden & Diamonds 0–9
Highest scoring	Weymouth – Rushden & Diamonds 0–9, Oxford United – Eastbourne Borough 6–3
Longest winning run	Burton Albion (12 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Burton Albion (18 games)
Longest losing run	?
Average attendance	1,783 (−1% compared with the previous season)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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	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

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2009. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Oxford deducted 5 points^[1]
2. Crawley Town deducted 1 point^[2]
3. Mansfield deducted 4 points^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BRW	BRT	CAM	CRA	EAB	EBB	FGR	GRY	HIS	KET	KID	LEW	MAN	NOR	OXF	R&D	SAL	STB	TOR	WEY	WOK	WRE	YOR
Altrincham		3–4	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–5	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Barrow	2–2		0–0	0–2	3–3	3–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–4	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
Burton Albion	1–1	2–1		3–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	5–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1
Cambridge United	0–0	2–1	2–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–0
Crawley Town	4–0	4–0	4–0	2–2		1–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	5–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–2	3–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	0–1
Eastbourne Borough	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–1		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Ebbsfleet United	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–4	1–1		0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0
Forest Green Rovers	1–3	2–1	2–3	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–4		1–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–3	4–0	1–2	0–3	1–2	4–1	0–2	2–3	1–1
Grays Athletic	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1		1–4	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Histon	1–0	2–0	4–3	1–1	1–0	3–3	5–2	0–1	1–4		1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Kettering Town	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–2
Kidderminster Harriers	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1		1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	4–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–0
Lewes	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–3	1–2	0–1		0–1	2–3	2–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1
Mansfield Town	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–0		3–2	1–3	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0
Northwich Victoria	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0		1–2	4–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–3	2–0	1–2	2–2
Oxford United	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	6–3	5–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2		2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Rushden & Diamonds	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–3		2–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0
Salisbury City	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–4	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–1
Stevenage Borough	3–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–3
Torquay United	3–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–0		0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1
Weymouth	2–0	0–3	0–5	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–5	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–9	0–4	0–3	0–1		1–1	1–3	1–2
Woking	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–5	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	0–2
Wrexham	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	5–0	3–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	0–3	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–1
York City	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1] Soccerbase
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

30 April 2009

19:30

1st Leg

Stevenage Borough	3–1	Cambridge United
Roberts   47' Morison   61', 84'	Report	Phillips   49'

Broadhall Way, Stevenage

Attendance: 4,446

Referee: R Whitton

4 May 2009

2nd Leg

Cambridge United	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Stevenage Borough
Willmott   55' Rendell   72', 119'	Report

Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Attendance: 6,507

Referee: Paul Tierney

Cambridge United won 4–3 on Aggregate.

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1 May 2009

20:00

1st Leg

Torquay United	2–0	Histon
Wroe   36' Sills   74'	Report

Plainmoor, Torquay

Attendance: 3,737

Referee: J Waugh

4 May 2009

2nd Leg

Histon	1–0	Torquay United
Andrews   16'	Report

Bridge Road, Impington

Attendance: 2,481

Referee: Steven Rushton

Torquay United won 2–1 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

17 May 2009

16:00

Cambridge United	0–2	Torquay United
	Report	Hargreaves   35' Sills   75'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 35,089

Referee: Gary Sutton

Stadia and locations

 

 

Altrincham

 

Barrow

 

Burton Albion

 

Cambridge United

 

Crawley Town

 

Eastbourne Borough

 

Ebbsfleet United

 

Forest Green Rovers

 

Grays Athletic

 

Histon

 

Kettering Town

 

Kidderminster Harriers

 

Lewes

 

Mansfield Town

 

Northwich Victoria

 

Oxford United

 

Rushden & Diamonds

 

Salisbury City

 

Stevenage Borough

 

Torquay United

 

Weymouth

 

Woking

 

Wrexham

 

York City

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Locations of the Conference Premier 2008–09 teams

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andy Mangan	Forest Green Rovers	26
2	James Constable	Oxford United	23
3	Steve Morison	Stevenage Borough	22
4	Charlie Griffin	Salisbury City	21
5	Matthew Barnes-Homer	Kidderminster Harriers	20
	Jack Midson	Histon
7	Greg Pearson	Burton Albion	18
8	Colin Little	Altrincham	16
	Justin Richards	Kidderminster Harriers
10	Shaun Harrad	Burton Albion	15
	Jefferson Louis	Wrexham
	Gareth Seddon	Kettering Town
	Richard Brodie	York City

Conference North

Conference North

Season	2008–09
Champions	Tamworth
Promoted	Tamworth Gateshead
Relegated	Burscough Hucknall Town
Top goalscorer	Lee Novak (26)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 16 sides from last season, three relegated from the Conference Premier, two promoted from the Northern Premier League and one promoted from the Southern Football League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Northern Premier League Premier Division

• Gateshead
• Fleetwood Town

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Southern League Premier Division

• King's Lynn

Teams relegated from 2007–08 Conference Premier

• Droylsden
• Stafford Rangers
• Farsley Celtic

Droylsden and Farsley are returned having spent just one season in the higher league. Fleetwood reached a new high eleven seasons after being re-formed following the bankruptcy of the original Fleetwood Town. Both Boston United and Nuneaton Borough were expelled from the league for financial reasons before the season, resulting in Vauxhall Motors relegation and Redditch United's transfer to the Conference South being cancelled.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tamworth (C, P)	42	24	13	5	70	41	+29	85	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Gateshead (P)	42	24	8	10	81	48	+33	80	Qualification for Conference North play-offs
3	Alfreton Town	42	20	17	5	81	48	+33	77
4	AFC Telford United	42	22	10	10	65	34	+31	76
5	Southport	42	21	13	8	63	36	+27	76
6	Stalybridge Celtic	42	20	10	12	71	50	+21	70
7	Droylsden	42	18	14	10	64	44	+20	68
8	Fleetwood Town	42	17	11	14	70	66	+4	62
9	Harrogate Town	42	17	10	15	66	57	+9	61
10	Hinckley United	42	16	9	17	56	59	−3	57
11	Vauxhall Motors	42	14	11	17	51	67	−16	53
12	Workington	42	13	12	17	54	55	−1	51
13	Gainsborough Trinity	42	12	14	16	57	63	−6	50
14	Redditch United	42	12	14	16	49	61	−12	50
15	Blyth Spartans	42	14	7	21	50	58	−8	49
16	Solihull Moors	42	13	10	19	49	73	−24	49
17	King's Lynn (R)	42	10	18	14	50	60	−10	48	Demoted to Northern Premier League Premier Division^[a]
18	Stafford Rangers	42	12	12	18	41	56	−15	48
19	Farsley Celtic	42	14	5	23	58	65	−7	47
20	Hyde United	42	11	9	22	57	80	−23	42
21	Burscough (R)	42	10	6	26	43	80	−37	36	Relegated to Northern Premier League Premier Division
22	Hucknall Town (R)	42	5	13	24	39	84	−45	28

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2009. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. King's Lynn demoted as their stadium does not meet the league standards,^[4] thus Hyde United were reprieved from relegation.

Results

Home \ Away	TEL	ALF	BLY	BUR	DRO	FAR	FLE	GAI	GAT	HAR	HIN	HUC	HYD	KLY	RED	SOL	SOU	STA	STL	TAM	VAU	WRK
AFC Telford United		0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–2	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	5–1	0–0
Alfreton Town	3–1		1–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	3–3	1–4	1–3	4–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0
Blyth Spartans	2–0	2–2		0–2	0–2	5–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–4	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–4	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–4	0–1	3–1
Burscough	0–2	1–3	2–3		0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1
Droylsden	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1		2–0	1–3	3–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Farsley Celtic	1–0	3–3	3–0	5–1	1–1		4–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	5–1	4–0	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–5
Fleetwood Town	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–1		2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–3	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	3–4		0–0	3–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	3–3	0–1	1–1	1–2
Gateshead	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–0		1–3	5–0	1–0	6–3	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	5–1	2–2	2–1
Harrogate Town	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	5–2	0–3	1–0		2–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	0–3	3–3	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–1
Hinckley United	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0		4–0	0–1	1–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–3	2–3	1–0
Hucknall Town	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2		0–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	2–3	2–3	0–1	0–0
Hyde United	0–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	5–3	0–0	2–5	2–3	0–0	2–0		0–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	4–4
King's Lynn	1–1	0–4	2–3	0–0	2–2	1–4	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	4–1		1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–3
Redditch United	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–2		0–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Solihull Moors	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–1		0–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–0
Southport	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–3	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	3–0		3–2	2–0	0–1	5–2	0–0
Stafford Rangers	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–3		0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0
Stalybridge Celtic	2–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–5	1–2	1–2	1–3	7–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–3	5–0	0–1	2–0		2–2	1–0	1–4
Tamworth	0–1	1–2	1–1	6–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–3		2–0	1–0
Vauxhall Motors	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–4	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–4	2–3	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2		3–0
Workington	1–0	0–3	0–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	5–0	4–2	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–4	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009–2010. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2009.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Southport	0	1	1
	2	Gateshead	1	1	2
								2	Gateshead	1
								4	AFC Telford United	0
	4	AFC Telford United	2	3	5
	3	Alfreton Town	0	4	4

Semifinals

29 April 2009

1st Leg

Southport	0–1	Gateshead
	Report	Armstrong   15'

Haig Avenue, Southport

Attendance: 1,011

Referee: Paul Graham

3 May 2009

2nd Leg

Gateshead	1–1	Southport
Novak   24'	Report	Booth   52'

Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead

Attendance: 1,408

Gateshead won 2–1 on Aggregate.

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1st Leg

AFC Telford United	2–0	Alfreton Town
Nwadike   48' Carey-Bertram   78'	Report

New Bucks Head, Telford

Attendance: 2,346

3 May 2009

2nd Leg

Alfreton Town	4–3	AFC Telford United
Butler   9' Brown   16' Clayton   49' Howell   73' (pen.)	Report	Edwards   19' Carey-Bertram   42' Rodgers   52'

Impact Arena, Alfreton

Attendance: 2,244

AFC Telford United won 5–4 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

8 May 2009

Gateshead	1–0	AFC Telford United
Phillips   82'	Report

Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead

Attendance: 4,203

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lee Novak	Gateshead	26
2	Gareth Sheldon	Tamworth	23
3	Adam Warlow	Fleetwood Town	19
	Liam Hearn	Alfreton Town
5	Chris Simm	Hyde United	18
6	Paul Clayton	Alfreton Town	17
7	Ciaran Kilheeney	Southport	16
	Luke Beckett	Gainsborough Trinity
9	Gareth Arnison	Workington	15
	Andy Brown	AFC Telford United

Conference South

Conference South

Season	2008–09
Champions	AFC Wimbledon
Promoted	AFC Wimbledon Hayes & Yeading United
Relegated	Bognor Regis Town Fisher Athletic
Matches played	462
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, one transferred from the Conference North, two promoted from the Isthmian League and one promoted from the Southern Football League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Southern League Premier Division

• Team Bath

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Isthmian League Premier Division

• Chelmsford City
• AFC Wimbledon

Teams transferred from 2007–08 Conference North

• Worcester City

No teams were relegated to the Conference South from the Conference Premier, so Worcester City were transferred in from the Conference North. The expulsion of two teams from the Conference North for financial reasons cancelled Redditch United's transfer between the two, and allowed Dorchester Town to remain in the Conference South. All the four new teams never played in Conference South before.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	AFC Wimbledon (C, P)	42	26	10	6	86	36	+50	88	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Hampton & Richmond Borough	42	25	10	7	74	37	+37	85	Qualification for Conference South play-offs
3	Eastleigh	42	25	8	9	69	49	+20	83
4	Hayes & Yeading United (P)	42	24	9	9	74	43	+31	81
5	Chelmsford City	42	23	8	11	72	52	+20	77
6	Maidenhead United	42	21	8	13	57	46	+11	71
7	Welling United	42	19	11	12	61	44	+17	68
8	Bath City	42	20	8	14	56	45	+11	68
9	Bishop's Stortford	42	17	8	17	60	60	0	59
10	Newport County	42	16	11	15	50	51	−1	59
11	Team Bath^[a]	42	16	7	19	62	64	−2	55	Club folded at the end of the season
12	St Albans City	42	14	12	16	56	50	+6	54
13	Bromley	42	15	9	18	60	64	−4	54
14	Braintree Town	42	14	10	18	57	54	+3	52
15	Havant & Waterlooville	42	11	15	16	59	58	+1	48
16	Worcester City	42	12	11	19	38	53	−15	47
17	Weston-super-Mare	42	12	11	19	43	68	−25	47
18	Basingstoke Town	42	10	16	16	36	55	−19	46
19	Dorchester Town	42	10	12	20	39	61	−22	42
20	Thurrock	42	9	13	20	54	60	−6	40
21	Bognor Regis Town^[b] (R)	42	7	12	23	33	68	−35	26	Relegation to Isthmian League Premier Division
22	Fisher Athletic	42	5	3	34	22	100	−78	18	Club folded at the end of the season

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2009. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Team Bath resigned from the league^[5]
2. Bognor Regis Town deducted 7 points^[6]

Results

Home \ Away	WIM	BAS	BAT	BST	BOG	BRA	BRO	CHE	DOR	EAS	FIS	H&R	H&W	H&Y	MDH	NPC	SAC	TBA	THU	WEL	WSM	WRC
AFC Wimbledon		1–0	3–2	4–1	3–1	5–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0
Basingstoke Town	0–1		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
Bath City	2–2	1–0		2–3	0–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–4	3–0	1–0
Bishop's Stortford	0–1	3–2	0–2		2–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–4	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0
Bognor Regis Town	1–5	2–3	0–2	0–2		0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–5	1–1	2–4	0–1	0–5	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2
Braintree Town	0–1	0–1	0–4	2–0	1–1		2–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1
Bromley	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–4		2–2	1–0	5–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–3	4–0	3–3	1–3	3–0	0–2
Chelmsford City	3–2	2–2	2–3	3–3	2–0	1–1	0–1		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	4–1	2–0
Dorchester Town	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1		0–4	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–2	4–3	1–1	1–2	3–1
Eastleigh	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1		3–0	2–1	2–0	3–3	0–0	3–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–0
Fisher Athletic	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	4–0	1–2		0–2	1–1	0–5	0–1	1–3	0–4	0–6	0–3	0–5	0–2	0–1
Hampton & Richmond Borough	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–0		2–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	1–2
Havant & Waterlooville	0–0	5–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–4		2–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–2
Hayes & Yeading United	2–1	5–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–4	0–0	2–1		2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–1
Maidenhead United	0–4	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	2–1	1–4	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0		0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–0
Newport County	1–4	3–0	0–4	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	4–4	0–1	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–5	0–1		0–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
St Albans City	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	4–5	1–2	2–0	5–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1		0–0	0–2	2–3	3–0	0–2
Team Bath	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	2–0	4–1	1–3	4–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–0		4–1	0–1	1–2	0–2
Thurrock	0–1	6–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2		1–2	0–1	2–0
Welling United	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	3–2	3–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–0		2–0	1–3
Weston-super-Mare	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–3		1–1
Worcester City	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009–2010. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2009
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Chelmsford City	1	0	1
	2	Hampton & Richmond Borough	3	0	3
								2	Hampton & Richmond Borough	2
								4	Hayes & Yeading United	3
	4	Hayes & Yeading United	2	4	6
	3	Eastleigh	4	0	4

Semifinals

28 April 2009

1st Leg

Chelmsford City	1–3	Hampton & Richmond Borough
Rainford   59'	Report	Yaku   44', 50' Hodges   83'

Melbourne Stadium, Chelmsford

Attendance: 1,708

Referee: Crouch

2 May 2009

2nd Leg

Hampton & Richmond Borough	0–0	Chelmsford City
	Report

The Rocket Hospitality Beveree Stadium, Hampton

Attendance: 1,235

Hampton & Richmond Borough won 3–1 on Aggregate.

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28 April 2009

1st Leg

Hayes & Yeading United	2–4	Eastleigh
Hendry   73' (pen.) Ruby   89'	Report	Taggart   5' Williams   26' Riviere   45' Mulley   50' (o.g.)

Church Road, Hayes

Attendance: 517

2 May 2009

2nd Leg

Eastleigh	0–4 (a.e.t.)	Hayes & Yeading United
	Report	Perkins   45' Hendry   81' (pen.) Fitzgerald   94', 97'

Ten Acres, Eastleigh

Attendance: 1,445

Hayes & Yeading United won 6–4 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

7 May 2009

19:45 BST

Hampton & Richmond Borough	2–3	Hayes & Yeading United
McAuley   49' Hodges   69'	Report	Fitzgerald   8' Gregory   71', 73'

The Rocket Hospitality Beveree Stadium, Hampton

Attendance: 3,500

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jon Main	AFC Wimbledon	33
2	Josh Scott	Hayes & Yeading United	22
3	Warren McBean	Bromley	21
4	Richard Pacquette	Maidenhead United	20
5	Charlie Sheringham	Welling United	19
6	Paul Hakim	St Albans City	18
7	Craig Reid	Newport County	15
	Dave Rainford	Chelmsford City
	Lawrence Yaku	Hampton & Richmond Borough
10	Marco Adaggio	Worcester City	14
	Danny Hockton	Braintree Town

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