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2003–04 Football Conference
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Football Conference |
| season | 2003–04 |
| winners | **Chester City** (1st Football Conference title) |
| continentalcup1 | Promoted |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Chester City, |
| Shrewsbury Town | |
| continentalcup2 | Relegated to Conference North/Conference South |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Margate (South) |
| continentalcup3 | Folded |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Telford United |
| continentalcup4 | Promoted for the next season |
| continentalcup4 qualifiers | Canvey Island, |
| Crawley Town | |
| league topscorer | Daryl Clare *(Chester City)*, 29 |
| biggest home win | Hereford – Halifax 7–1 (25 November 2003) |
| Gravesend & Northfleet – Morecambe 6–0 (28 February 2004) | |
| biggest away win | Dagenham & Redbridge – Hereford 0–9 (27 February 2004) |
| highest scoring | Dagenham & Redbridge – Hereford 0–9 (27 February 2004) |
| matches | 462 |
| total goals | 1343 |
| longest wins | ? |
| longest unbeaten | Chester City, 18 matches (26 Aug – 6 Dec) |
| longest losses | ? |
| highest attendance | Exeter City v Accrington Stanley, 8,256 (24 Apr) |
| lowest attendance | Margate v Forest Green Rovers, 255 (4 April 2003) |
| average attendance | 1,905 (+ 18% compared to the previous season) |
| prevseason | [2002–03](2002-03-football-conference) |
| nextseason | [2004–05](2004-05-football-conference-conference-national) |
Shrewsbury Town Crawley Town Gravesend & Northfleet – Morecambe 6–0 (28 February 2004) The 2003–04 Football Conference season was the 25th season of the Football Conference and the last consisting of a single division. The top team and the winner of the play-offs were promoted to Football League Two, while this season only one team was relegated.
A total of 22 teams contest the division, including 17 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two and winners of Northern Premier League, Southern Football League and Isthmian League.
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from Northern Premier League
- Accrington Stanley
Teams promoted from Southern Football League
- Tamworth
Teams promoted from Isthmian League
- [[Aldershot Town F.C.|Aldershot Town ]]
Teams relegated from Third Division
- Exeter City
- Shrewsbury Town
Overview
Chester City clinched the league title and won promotion to Football League Two.
Shrewsbury Town also earned promotion to League Two following their 3–0 play-off win on penalties after a 1–1 draw with Aldershot Town.
No clubs were relegated on the basis of their performances, due to Margate being demoted, Telford folding and the winners and runners-up of the Unibond League not meeting the criteria for a place in the Football Conference.
Shrewsbury Town had the highest attendance, 84,150 in all, with an average of 4,007. Margate and Leigh RMI had the least spectators with 11,905 and 11,881, respectively, with an average of 567 and 566, respectively.
The total number of attendance was 880,220, yielding an average of 1905 per game, which was the all-time record for the Football Conference.
The regular season began on 9 August 2003, and ended on 24 April 2004.
Final league table
|win_D&R=15|draw_D&R=9|loss_D&R=18|gf_D&R=59|ga_D&R=64
Locations
Telford United Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barnet Burton Albion Chester Dagenham & R Exeter City Farnborough Forest Green Rovers Gravesend & N Halifax T. Hereford United Leigh RMI Margate Morecambe Northwich Victoria Scarborough Shrewsbury Stevenage Tamworth Woking
Barnet Dagenham & Redbridge Gravesend & Northfleet
Results
|match_ACC_D&R=2–3
|match_ALD_D&R=2–1
|match_BAR_D&R=2–4
|match_BRT_D&R=0–1
|match_CHE_D&R=2–1
|name_D&R=Dagenham & Redbridge |match_D&R_ACC=0–1 |match_D&R_ALD=2–3 |match_D&R_BAR=5–2 |match_D&R_BRT=0–2 |match_D&R_CHE=0–0 |match_D&R_EXE=0–2 |match_D&R_FAR=1–0 |match_D&R_FGR=5–2 |match_D&R_GRN=0–4 |match_D&R_HAL=0–1 |match_D&R_HER=0–9 |match_D&R_LEI=1–2 |match_D&R_MAR=4–0 |match_D&R_MOR=1–3 |match_D&R_NOR=2–0 |match_D&R_SCA=1–0 |match_D&R_SHR=5–0 |match_D&R_STB=1–2 |match_D&R_TAM=0–0 |match_D&R_TEL=1–1 |match_D&R_WOK=1–0
|match_EXE_D&R=1–1
|match_FAR_D&R=2–2
|match_FGR_D&R=1–3
|match_GRN_D&R=1–2
|match_HAL_D&R=3–0
|match_HER_D&R=1–1
|match_LEI_D&R=2–1
|match_MAR_D&R=3–3
|match_MOR_D&R=3–2
|match_NOR_D&R=0–1
|match_SCA_D&R=0–0
|match_SHR_D&R=2–1
|match_STB_D&R=0–2
|match_TAM_D&R=2–0
|match_TEL_D&R=1–0
|match_WOK_D&R=0–0
Play-offs
Main article: 2004 Football Conference play-off Final
The Conference National play-offs determined the second team that would be promoted to Football League Two. The teams placed second through fifth qualified for the play-offs. The semi-finals were played in a two-leg, home and away format, while the final was played as one leg.
16 May 2004 | RD1-seed1=2nd | RD1-team1=Hereford United | RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=0 | RD1-score1-agg= 1 (2) | RD1-seed2=5th | RD1-team2=**Aldershot Town ** (pen.) | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-agg=1 (4) | RD1-seed3=3rd | RD1-team3=**Shrewsbury Town ** (pen.) | RD1-score3-1=1 | RD1-score3-2=1 | RD1-score3-agg=2 (5) | score-width=50px | team-width=160px | RD1-seed4=4th | RD1-team4=Barnet | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-agg=2 (3) | RD2-seed1=3rd | RD2-team1=**Shrewsbury Town ** (pen.) | RD2-score1=1 (3) | RD2-seed2=5th | RD2-team2=Aldershot Town | RD2-score2=1 (0)
Semifinals
- Dsane
- Brown
- Tretton
- Brown
- Beesley
- James
- Smith
- Dsane
- Gosling
- Giles
- Sills
- Antwi Aldershot Town won 4–2 on penalties after tying 1–1 on Aggregate.
- Strevens
- Clist
- Rodgers
- Rodgers
- Sedgemore
- Tolley
- Rodgers
- Cramb
- Moss
- Strevens
- Grazioli
- Yakubu
- Clist Shrewsbury Town won 5–3 on penalties after tying 2–2 on Aggregate.
Play-Off Final
- McLean
- Darby
- Sills
- Giles
- Gosling
- Rodgers
- Tolley
- Sedgemore
- Challis
Top scorers in order of league goals
| Rank | Player | Club | League | Play-offs | FA Cup | LDV | FA Trophy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | **Daryl Clare** | **Chester City** | **29** | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **30** |
| 2 | Steve Guinan | Hereford United | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| = | David McNiven | Leigh RMI | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 4 | Giuliano Grazioli | Barnet | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | Roscoe D'Sane | Aldershot | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Sean Devine | Exeter City | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| = | Paul Mullin | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| = | Darryn Stamp | Chester City | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Tim Sills | Aldershot | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Anthony Elding | Stevenage Borough | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| = | Lutel James | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Danny Carlton | Morecambe | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Mark Cooper | Tamworth | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | David Brown | Hereford United | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| = | Mark Quayle | Scarborough | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Source:
References
References
- [http://www.soccerbase.com Soccerbase]
- ''Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2004–2005''. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.), Headline, 2004.
- "England 2003–04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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