1995–96 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1995–96 was the seventeenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Football Conference
Season1995–96[1]
ChampionsStevenage Borough (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueNone
Conference League Cup winnersBromsgrove Rovers
FA Trophy winnersMacclesfield Town
Relegated to Level 6Dagenham & Redbridge,
Runcorn
Matches played462
Goals scored1,384 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerBarry Hayles (Stevenage Borough), 29
Biggest home winMacclesfield TownHalifax Town 7–0 (9 March 1996);
MorecambeAltrincham 7–0 (17 February 1996)
Biggest away winRuncorn F.C. HaltonStevenage Borough 0–8 (25 November 1995)
Highest scoringSlough TownKidderminster Harriers 5–4 (28 August 1995);
MorecambeWoking 4–5 (13 January 1997)
Longest winning runWoking, 7 matches
Longest unbeaten runStevenage Borough, 17 matches
Longest losing runDover Athletic, 9 matches
Highest attendanceWoking v Macclesfield Town, 4,583 (6 April 1996)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1,054

Overview

Stevenage Borough, won the Conference championship during their second season in this league. However, they did not earn a promotion to the Football League because they did not meet Football League requirements.

New teams in the league this season

Final league table

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stevenage Borough 42 13 6 2 51 20 14 4 3 50 24 +57 91 Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League
2 Woking 42 16 5 0 47 13 9 3 9 36 41 +29 83
3 Hednesford Town[lower-alpha 1] 42 13 3 5 38 21 10 4 7 33 25 +25 76
4 Macclesfield Town 42 12 5 4 32 16 10 4 7 34 33 +17 75 FA Trophy winners
5 Gateshead 42 9 7 5 32 24 9 6 6 26 22 +12 67
6 Southport 42 10 7 4 42 25 8 5 8 35 39 +13 66
7 Kidderminster Harriers 42 13 4 4 49 26 5 6 10 29 40 +12 64
8 Northwich Victoria 42 9 3 9 38 35 7 9 5 34 29 +8 60
9 Morecambe[lower-alpha 1] 42 12 2 7 51 33 5 6 10 27 39 +6 59
10 Farnborough Town 42 8 6 7 29 23 7 8 6 34 35 +5 59
11 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 11 6 4 33 20 4 8 9 26 37 +2 59 Conference League Cup winners
12 Altrincham 42 9 6 6 33 29 6 7 8 26 35 5 58
13 Telford United 42 8 7 6 27 23 7 3 11 24 33 5 55
14 Stalybridge Celtic 42 9 3 9 29 37 7 4 10 30 31 9 55
15 Halifax Town 42 8 7 6 30 25 5 6 10 19 38 14 52
16 Kettering Town 42 9 5 7 38 32 4 4 13 30 52 16 48
17 Slough Town[lower-alpha 1] 42 4 6 11 35 44 9 2 10 28 32 13 47
18 Bath City 42 9 4 8 29 31 4 3 14 16 35 21 46
19 Welling United 42 6 8 7 21 23 4 7 10 21 30 11 45
20 Dover Athletic 42 8 1 12 29 38 3 6 12 22 36 23 40
21 Runcorn 42 4 5 12 25 43 5 3 13 23 44 39 35 Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 5 7 9 31 34 2 5 14 12 39 30 33 Relegated to the Isthmian League
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. New club in the Conference

Results

Home \ Away ALT BAT BRO D&R DOV FAR GAT HAL HED KET KID MAC MOR NOR RUN SLO SOU STL STB TEL WEL WOK
Altrincham 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–4 3–0 3–4 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Bath City 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–0 3–1 4–0 0–4 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–3
Bromsgrove Rovers 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–4 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1
Dagenham & Redbridge 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–3 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0
Dover Athletic 1–4 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–3
Farnborough Town 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 6–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2
Gateshead 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1
Halifax Town 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–2
Hednesford Town 2–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1
Kettering Town 4–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–6 1–2 0–3 1–3 3–0
Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 6–1 3–1 1–0 0–4 4–2 2–1 4–1 4–3 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0
Macclesfield Town 2–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 7–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2
Morecambe 7–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 0–1 5–3 3–1 2–4 2–2 3–1 1–2 4–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–5
Northwich Victoria 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 6–2 5–2 1–2 2–1 4–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–0
Runcorn 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–4 4–3 1–1 0–1 0–8 2–3 1–3 2–3
Slough Town 1–2 1–1 2–3 5–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 5–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–5 2–1 2–6 1–2 0–0 2–3
Southport 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 7–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 6–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 5–3 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–2
Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–5 2–2 2–1 2–4
Stevenage Borough 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 4–1 4–0
Telford United 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–2
Welling United 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–2
Woking 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 5–1 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations of the Football Conference teams 1995–1996

Promotion and relegation

Relegated

Top scorers in order of league goals

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total
1 Barry Hayles Stevenage Borough 2905135
2Joe O'ConnorHednesford2310226
3Carl AlfordKettering Town2221025
4Mark WestSlough Town2103428
=Chris BootheFarnborough Town2151532
6David LeworthyDover Athletic2011325
7Steve HarkusGateshead1900120
8Clive WalkerWoking1810019
9Carwyn WilliamsNorthwich Victoria1730020
10Andy WhittakerSouthport1601320
11Corey BrowneStevenage Borough1510016
12Mike BignallRuncorn1420016
=Brian ButlerNorthwich Victoria1424020
=Kim CaseyKidderminster Harriers1410217
=Paul DaviesKidderminster Harriers1400014
=Darran HayWoking1440018
=Junior HunterWoking1400014

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References

  1. Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996.
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