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1988–89 Football Conference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Football Conference |
| season | 1988–89 |
| winners | **Maidstone United** (2nd Football Conference title) |
| continentalcup1 | Promoted to the Football League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Maidstone United |
| continentalcup2 | Conference League Cup winners |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Yeovil Town |
| continentalcup3 | FA Trophy winners |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Telford United |
| continentalcup4 | Relegated to |
| Level 6/Folded | |
| continentalcup4 qualifiers | Weymouth, |
| Newport County | |
| league topscorer | Steve Butler *(Maidstone United)*, 26; |
| Mark Gall *(Maidstone United)*, 26 | |
| biggest home win | Maidstone 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 win | Boston United – Runcorn 0–6 (28 September 1988) |
| highest scoring | Maidstone United – Altrincham 7–2 (27 August 1988); |
| Kidderminster Harriers – Maidstone United 3–6 (8 April 1989) | |
| matches | 420 |
| total goals | 1236 |
| longest wins | Boston United, Chorley, Maidstone, Runcorn, 6 matches |
| longest unbeaten | Maidstone, 17 matches |
| longest losses | Fisher Athletic, 6 matches |
| highest attendance | Wycombe Wanderers v Kettering Town, 4,890 (8 April 1989) |
| lowest attendance | ? |
| average attendance | 1195 (– 4% compared to previous season) |
| prevseason | [1987–88](1987-88-football-conference) |
| nextseason | [1989–90](1989-90-football-conference) |
Level 6/Folded Newport County Mark Gall (Maidstone United), 26 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) Kidderminster Harriers – Maidstone United 3–6 (8 April 1989)
The Football Conference season of 1988–89 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football Conference.
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
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
- Aylesbury 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
Results
Barnet Enfield Fisher Athletic Sutton Welling
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **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
Promoted
- 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
- Aylesbury (to the Isthmian League)
- Darlington (from the Football League Fourth Division)
- Weymouth (to the Southern League)
References
References
- Jack Rollin (ed.), ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–90''. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1989.
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