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1989–90 Football Conference

FieldValue
competitionFootball Conference
season1989–90
winnersDarlington (1st Football Conference title)
continentalcup1Promoted to the Football League
continentalcup1 qualifiersDarlington
continentalcup2Conference League Cup winners
continentalcup2 qualifiersYeovil Town
continentalcup3FA Trophy winners
continentalcup3 qualifiersBarrow
continentalcup4Relegated to
Level 6
continentalcup4 qualifiersChorley,
Enfield,
Farnborough Town
league topscorerRobbie 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)
matches462
total goals1317
longest winsBarnet, 8 matches
longest unbeatenDarlington, 13 matches
longest lossesNorthwich Victoria, 6 matches
highest attendanceBarnet v Darlington, 5,880 (31 March 1990)
lowest attendance?
average attendance1,429 (+ 9% from previous season)
prevseason1988–89
nextseason1990–91

Level 6 Enfield, Farnborough Town 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) Farnborough Town – Runcorn 6–3 (11 November 1989) The Football Conference season of 1989–90 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Football Conference.

Overview

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

  • Barrow (promoted 1988–89)
  • Darlington (relegated from the Football League 1988–89)
  • Farnborough Town (promoted 1988–89)
  • Merthyr Tydfil (promoted 1988–89)

Final league table

Results

Barnet Enfield Fisher Athletic Sutton Welling

Top scorers in order of league goals

RankPlayerClubLeagueFA CupFA TrophyLeague CupTotal
1 Robbie Cooke Kettering Town 2800028
2Efan EkokuSutton2500025
3Simon ReadFarnborough Town2320126
4Ian ThompsonMerthyr Tydfil2130024
5John BorthwickDarlington1920122
=Mark CarterRuncorn1902122
7Mike DohertyRuncorn1810019
8Gary BullBarnet1750325
=Andrew ClarkeBarnet1720019
=Paul FurlongEnfield1701119
=Paul GormanFisher Athletic1700017
=Terry RobbinsWelling United1721222
=David WebleyMerthyr Tydfil1720019
14Steve BurrMacclesfield Town1632021
=Kim CaseyKidderminster Harriers1603625
16Paul McKinnonSutton1610320
=Mark WestWycombe Wanderers1611220
18Martin HanchardNorthwich Victoria1420016
=Mark WhitehouseKidderminster Harriers1423221
20David CorkDarlington1213117
=Colin CowperthwaiteBarrow1220115
=Ken McKennaTelford United1202014
=Mickey SpencerYeovil Town1211317

Promotion and relegation

  • 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

  • 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

References

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