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1997–98 Football Conference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Conference National |
| season | 1997–98 |
| winners | **Halifax Town** (1st Football Conference title) |
| continentalcup1 | Direct promotion |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Halifax Town |
| continentalcup2 | Conference League Cup winners |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Morecambe |
| continentalcup3 | FA Trophy winners |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Cheltenham Town (1st FA Trophy title) |
| continentalcup4 | Relegated to Level 6 |
| continentalcup4 qualifiers | Gateshead, |
| Slough Town, | |
| Stalybridge Celtic | |
| league topscorer | Geoff Horsfield *(Halifax Town)*, 30 |
| biggest home win | Farnborough Town – Stalybridge Celtic 6–0 (20 December 1997) |
| biggest away win | Morecambe – Hereford 1–5 (1 November 1997); |
| Stevenage – Hayes 1–5 (1 September 1997) ; | |
| Dover – Kidderminster 0–4 (20 September 1997); | |
| Kettering – Rushden & Diamonds 0–4 (21 February 1998); | |
| Leek – Kettering 0–4 (31 March 1998) | |
| highest scoring | Hayes – Yeovil Town 6–4 (14 February 1998); |
| Rushden & Diamonds – Farnborough Town 5–5 (13 September 1997) | |
| matches | 462 |
| total goals | 1344 |
| longest wins | Halifax Town, 8 matches |
| longest unbeaten | Cheltenham Town, 17 matches |
| longest losses | Farnborough Town, Stalybridge Celtic, 7 matches |
| highest attendance | Halifax Town v Cheltenham Town, 6,357 (25 April 1998) |
| lowest attendance | ? |
| average attendance | ? |
| prevseason | [1996–97](1996-97-football-conference) |
| nextseason | [1998–99](1998-99-football-conference) |
Slough Town, Stalybridge Celtic Stevenage – Hayes 1–5 (1 September 1997) ; Dover – Kidderminster 0–4 (20 September 1997); Kettering – Rushden & Diamonds 0–4 (21 February 1998); Leek – Kettering 0–4 (31 March 1998) Rushden & Diamonds – Farnborough Town 5–5 (13 September 1997) The Football Conference season of 1997–98 was the nineteenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.
Changes since the previous season
- Hereford United (relegated from the Football League 1996–97)
- Cheltenham Town (promoted 1996–97)
- Leek Town (promoted 1996–97)
- Yeovil Town (promoted 1996–97)
Final league table
|win_R&D=23|draw_R&D=5|loss_R&D=14|gf_R&D=79|ga_R&D=57
Results
|match_CHL_R&D=2–0
|match_DOV_R&D=0–3
|match_FAR_R&D=2–0
|match_GAT_R&D=2–1
|match_HAL_R&D=2–0
|match_HAY_R&D=1–2
|match_HED_R&D=0–1
|match_HER_R&D=1–1
|match_KET_R&D=0–4
|match_KID_R&D=1–2
|match_LEE_R&D=2–0
|match_MOR_R&D=3–1
|match_NOR_R&D=2–4
|name_R&D=Rushden & Diamonds |match_R&D_CHL=4–1 |match_R&D_DOV=4–1 |match_R&D_FAR=5–5 |match_R&D_GAT=3–2 |match_R&D_HAL=4–0 |match_R&D_HAY=1–3 |match_R&D_HED=1–1 |match_R&D_HER=1–0 |match_R&D_KET=1–0 |match_R&D_KID=4–1 |match_R&D_LEE=0–1 |match_R&D_MOR=3–3 |match_R&D_NOR=0–1 |match_R&D_SLO=0–1 |match_R&D_SOU=1–0 |match_R&D_STL=3–0 |match_R&D_STB=2–0 |match_R&D_TEL=3–2 |match_R&D_WEL=0–1 |match_R&D_WOK=2–1 |match_R&D_YEO=2–2
|match_SLO_R&D=1–2
|match_SOU_R&D=3–2
|match_STL_R&D=2–4
|match_STB_R&D=2–1
|match_TEL_R&D=4–2
|match_WEL_R&D=0–1
|match_WOK_R&D=0–2
|match_YEO_R&D=1–2
Cheltenham Dover Farnborough Gateshead Halifax Town Hednesford Hayes Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Leek Town Morecambe Northwich Victoria Rushden & Diamonds Slough Town Southport Stalybridge Stevenage Telford Welling Woking Yeovil Town
Hayes Welling
Top scorers in order of league goals
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | ** Geoff Horsfield ** | ** Halifax Town ** | **30** | 4 | 0 | 0 | **34** |
| 2 | Darren Collins | Rushden & Diamonds | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 |
| 3 | Darran Hay | Woking | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Mark Cooper | Welling United | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| = | John Norman | Morecambe | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Neil Grayson | Hereford United & Cheltenham Town | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Owen Pickard | Yeovil Town | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| = | Dale Watkins | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 29 |
| = | Mike Bignall | Kidderminster Harriers | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| = | Brendan Burke | Stalybridge Celtic | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| = | Jason Eaton | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| = | David Mehew | Rushden & Diamonds | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| = | Warren Patmore | Yeovil Town | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Ritchie Hanlon | Welling United | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| = | Martin Randall | Hayes | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 16 | Jamie Paterson | Halifax Town | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Grant Payne | Woking | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| = | Chris Pearson | Kettering Town | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 | Andy Milner | Morecambe | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 20 | Steve Bowey | Gateshead | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| = | Jimmy Strouts | Dover Athletic | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
- Footballtransfers.co.uk contains information on many players on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.
References
References
- Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1998–99''. Headline, 1998.
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