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1987–88 Football Conference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Football Conference |
| season | 1987–88 |
| winners | Lincoln City (1st Football Conference title) |
| continentalcup1 | Promoted to the Football League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Lincoln City |
| continentalcup2 | Conference League Cup winners |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Horwich RMI (Northern Premier League) |
| continentalcup3 | FA Trophy winners |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Enfield |
| continentalcup4 | Relegated to |
| Level 6 | |
| continentalcup4 qualifiers | Bath City, |
| Dagenham, | |
| Wealdstone | |
| league topscorer | Steve Norris (Telford United), 24; |
| Phil Derbyshire, (Stafford Rangers), 24; | |
| Paul Davies, (Kidderminster Harriers), 24 | |
| biggest home win | Altrincham – Dagenham 6–0 (2 May 1988); |
| Northwich Victoria – Boston United 6–0 (5 May 1988) | |
| biggest away win | Wycombe Wanderers – Barnet 0–7 (15 September 1987) |
| highest scoring | Barnet – Sutton United 6–2 (28 December 1987); |
| Lincoln City – Kidderminster Harriers 5–3 (28 December 1987); | |
| Wycombe Wanderers – Cheltenham Town 5–3 (16 January 1988) | |
| matches | 462 |
| total goals | 1386 |
| longest wins | Kettering Town, Lincoln City, 6 matches |
| longest unbeaten | Kidderminster Harriers, Lincoln City, 16 matches |
| longest losses | Dagenham, 12 matches |
| highest attendance | Lincoln City v Wycombe Wanderers, 9,432 (2 May 1988) |
| lowest attendance | ? |
| average attendance | 1,249 (+ 36% from the previous season) |
| prevseason | 1986–87 |
| nextseason | 1988–89 |
Level 6 Dagenham, Wealdstone Phil Derbyshire, (Stafford Rangers), 24; Paul Davies, (Kidderminster Harriers), 24 Northwich Victoria – Boston United 6–0 (5 May 1988) Lincoln City – Kidderminster Harriers 5–3 (28 December 1987); Wycombe Wanderers – Cheltenham Town 5–3 (16 January 1988) The Football Conference season of 1987–88 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Football Conference.
Overview
Lincoln City, who had been relegated to the Conference a year earlier in the first season of automatic promotion and relegation between the Conference and the Fourth Division of the Football League, won the Conference title to reclaim their place in the Football League, where they replaced the bottom placed Fourth Division club Newport County.
The season featured an experimental rule change, whereby no attacker could be offside directly from a free-kick. The change was not deemed a success, as the attacking team invariably packed the six yard box for any free-kick (and had several players stand in front of the opposition goalkeeper). The experiment was swiftly dropped.
New teams in the league this season
- Lincoln City (relegated from the Football League 1986–87)
- Fisher Athletic (promoted 1986–87)
- Macclesfield Town (promoted 1986–87)
- Wycombe Wanderers (promoted 1986–87)
Final league table
Results
Altrincham Barnet Bath City Boston United Cheltenham Dagenham Enfield Fisher Athletic Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Macclesfield Maidstone Northwich Victoria Runcorn Stafford Sutton Telford United Wealdstone Welling Weymouth Wycombe
Barnet Dagenham Enfield Fisher Athletic Sutton Wealdstone Welling
Top scorers in order of league goals
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Norris | Telford United | 24 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 35 |
| = | Phil Derbyshire | Stafford Rangers | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
| = | Paul Davies | Kidderminster Harriers | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Steve Butler | Maidstone United | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 29 |
| = | Mark Carter | Runcorn | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| = | Nicky Evans | Barnet | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Nicky Francis | Enfield | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Steve Burr | Macclesfield Town | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| = | Lenny Dennis | Sutton United | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| = | Dave Sansom | Barnet | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Kim Casey | Kidderminster Harriers | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Phil Brown | Lincoln City | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| = | Mark Smith | Kettering Town | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| = | Paul Wilson | Boston United | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| = | Brett Angell | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Steve Biggins | Telford United | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| = | John McGinley | Lincoln City | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| = | Paul McKinnon | Sutton United | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Lincoln City (to the Football League Fourth Division)
- Aylesbury United (from the Southern Premier League)
- Chorley (from the Northern Premier League)
- Yeovil Town (from the Isthmian League)
Relegated
- Newport County (from the Football League Fourth Division)
- Bath City (to the Southern Premier League)
- Dagenham (to the Isthmian League)
- Wealdstone (to the Southern Premier League)
References
References
- (8 February 2014). "Six Of The Worst: Football's Failed Rule Change Experiments". twohundredpercent.
- Jack Rollin (ed.), ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988–89''. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1988.
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