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1986–87 Football Conference

Field	Value
competition	Football Conference
season	1986–87
winners	Scarborough (1st Football Conference title)
continentalcup1	Promoted to the Football League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Scarborough
continentalcup2	Conference League Cup winners
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Kettering Town
continentalcup3	FA Trophy winners
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Kidderminster Harriers
continentalcup4	Relegated to
Level 6
continentalcup4 qualifiers	Frickley Athletic,
Gateshead,
Nuneaton Borough
league topscorer	Kim Casey (Kidderminster Harriers), 38
biggest home win	Sutton United – Kettering Town 8–0
biggest away win	Gateshead – Barnet 1–5;
Nuneaton Borough – Boston United 1–5;
Kidderminster Harriers – Telford United 0–4;
Nuneaton Borough – Weymouth 0–4;
Wealdstone – Boston United 0–4
highest scoring	Runcorn – Northwich Victoria 7–3
matches	462
total goals	1403
longest wins	?
longest unbeaten	?
longest losses	?
highest attendance	?
lowest attendance	?
average attendance	917
prevseason	[Alliance Premier League 1985–86](1985-86-alliance-premier-league)
nextseason	[1987–88](1987-88-football-conference)

Level 6 Gateshead, Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough – Boston United 1–5; Kidderminster Harriers – Telford United 0–4; Nuneaton Borough – Weymouth 0–4; Wealdstone – Boston United 0–4 The Football Conference season of 1986–87 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Football Conference, the first season under this name, this league having earlier been known as the Alliance Premier League.

Overview

This was the first season of automatic promotion for champions of the Conference, following the abolition of the re-election system, and automatic relegation to the Conference for the bottom placed team in the Football League Fourth Division. Scarborough finished the season as Conference champions, and so won automatic promotion to the Football League at the expense of Lincoln City.

New teams in the league this season

Gateshead (promoted 1985–86)
Sutton United (promoted 1985–86)
Welling United (promoted 1985–86)

Final league table

Results

Altrincham Barnet Bath City Boston United Cheltenham Dagenham Enfield Frickley Gateshead Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Runcorn Scarborough Stafford Sutton Telford United Wealdstone Welling Weymouth

Barnet Dagenham Enfield Sutton Wealdstone Welling

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Club	League	FA Cup	FA Trophy	League Cup	Total
1	Kim Casey	Kidderminster Harriers	38	4	2	0	44
2	Mick Carter	Runcorn	30	2	6	3	41
3	Steve Butler	Maidstone United	24	5	3	2	34
4	Gary Abbott	Welling United	23	2	3	0	28
=	Chris Cook	Boston United	23	0	2	2	27
=	Ken McKenna	Telford United	23	1	0	0	24
7	Nicky Evans	Barnet	22	0	4	0	26
=	Chris Townsend	Cheltenham Town	22	1	0	0	23
9	Mike Doherty	Weymouth	16	0	1	1	18
=	Paul Bodin	Bath City	16	2	2	1	21
=	Stewart Mell	Scarborough	16	0	2	0	18
=	John Timmons	Altrincham	16	0	0	1	17

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

Scarborough (to the Football League Fourth Division)
Fisher Athletic (from the Isthmian League)
Macclesfield Town (from the Northern Premier League)
Wycombe Wanderers (from the Southern Premier League)

Relegated

Lincoln City (from the Football League Fourth Division)
Frickley Athletic (to the Northern Premier League)
Gateshead (to the Northern Premier League)
Nuneaton Borough (to the Southern Premier League)

References

Peter Dunk (ed.), ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88''. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1987.

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