1999–2000 Football Conference

Football Conference
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Kidderminster Harriers (2nd Football Conference title)
Direct promotion	Kidderminster Harriers
Conference League Cup winners	Doncaster Rovers
FA Trophy winners	Kingstonian (2nd FA Trophy title), 2nd successive
Relegated to Level 6	Altrincham,; Sutton United,; Welling United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,228 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Justin Jackson (Morecambe), 29
Biggest home win	Rushden & Diamonds – Northwich Victoria 6–0 (29 January 2000)
Biggest away win	Hayes – Rushden & Diamonds 0–5 (4 December 1999)
Highest scoring	Morecambe – Sutton 6–2 (4 December 1999);; Telford – Hednesford 6–2 (3 January 2000);; Hereford – Doncaster 5–3 (4 September 1999);; Hereford – Scarborough 4–4 (2 October 1999);; Rushden & Diamonds – Kidderminster 5–3 (21 September 1999);; Northwich Victoria – Kettering Town 2–6 (24 April 2000)
Longest winning run	Kidderminster Harriers, Southport, Stevenage Borough, 6 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Morecambe, 17 matches
Longest losing run	Sutton, 7 matches
Highest attendance	Kidderminster Harriers v Rushden & Diamonds, 6,250 (8 April 2000)
Lowest attendance	Sutton v Scarborough, 460 (20 April 2000)
Average attendance	1,619 (– 0.47 compared to the previous season)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The Football Conference season of 1999–2000 was the twenty-first season of the Football Conference, also known as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Changes since the previous season

Altrincham (promoted 1998–99)
Nuneaton Borough (promoted 1998–99)
Scarborough (relegated from the Football League 1998–99)
Sutton United (promoted 1998–99)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Kidderminster Harriers	42	16	3	2	47	16	10	4	7	28	24	75	40	+35	85
2	Rushden & Diamonds	42	11	8	2	37	18	10	5	6	34	24	71	42	+29	76
3	Morecambe	42	10	7	4	46	29	8	9	4	24	19	70	48	+22	70
4	Scarborough	42	10	6	5	36	14	9	6	6	24	21	60	35	+25	69
5	Kingstonian	42	9	4	8	30	24	11	3	7	28	20	58	44	+14	67
6	Dover Athletic	42	10	7	4	43	26	8	5	8	22	30	65	56	+9	66
7	Yeovil Town	42	11	4	6	37	28	7	6	8	23	35	60	63	–3	64
8	Hereford United	42	9	6	6	43	31	6	8	7	18	21	61	52	+9	59
9	Southport	42	10	5	6	31	21	5	8	8	24	35	55	56	–1	58
10	Stevenage Borough	42	8	5	8	26	20	8	4	9	34	34	60	54	+6	57
11	Hayes	42	7	3	11	24	28	9	5	7	33	30	57	58	–1	56
12	Doncaster Rovers	42	7	5	9	19	21	8	4	9	27	27	46	48	–2	54
13	Kettering Town	42	8	10	3	25	19	4	6	11	19	31	44	50	–6	52
14	Woking	42	5	6	10	17	27	8	7	6	28	26	45	53	–8	52
15	Nuneaton Borough	42	7	6	8	28	25	5	9	7	21	28	49	53	–4	51
16	Telford United	42	12	4	5	34	21	2	5	14	22	45	56	66	–10	51
17	Hednesford Town	42	10	3	8	27	23	5	3	13	18	45	45	68	–23	51
18	Northwich Victoria	42	10	8	3	33	25	3	4	14	20	53	53	78	–25	51
19	Forest Green Rovers	42	11	2	8	35	23	2	6	13	19	40	54	63	–9	47
20	Welling United	42	6	5	10	27	32	7	3	11	27	34	54	66	–12	47	Relegated to the Southern League
21	Altrincham	42	6	8	7	31	26	3	11	7	20	34	51	60	–9	46	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22	Sutton United	42	4	8	9	23	32	4	2	15	16	43	39	75	–36	34	Relegated to the Isthmian League

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.
Source:^[1]

Key
	Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Division Three
	FA Trophy winners
	Conference League Cup winners
	Relegated from The Football League
	New club in the Conference, see also Cheltenham Town
	Relegated to Level 6

Locations

Kidderminster Harriers

Locations of the Football Conference 1999–2000 teams

Locations of the Football Conference London teams 1999–2000

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ALT	DON	DOV	FGR	HAY	HED	HER	KET	KID	KIN	MOR	NOR	NUN	R&D	SCA	SOU	STB	SUT	TEL	WEL	WOK	YEO
Altrincham		1–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–2
Doncaster Rovers	0–1		0–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–3
Dover Athletic	2–2	1–3		4–0	2–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	4–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	3–0
Forest Green Rovers	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	0–3	1–2	4–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	5–2	1–2	0–0	3–0
Hayes	1–1	3–4	1–2	3–0		2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–5	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–3
Hednesford Town	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		0–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0
Hereford United	2–2	5–3	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–0		4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	4–4	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	2–4	0–1
Kettering Town	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0		3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2
Kidderminster Harriers	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0		2–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	5–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	3–2	4–0
Kingstonian	2–2	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–1		0–0	3–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	4–2	4–2	1–0	0–2	0–1
Morecambe	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	4–0	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–2		5–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–3	3–3	6–2	5–2	2–1	1–0	1–1
Northwich Victoria	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–6	1–1	0–3	0–0		3–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–0
Nuneaton Borough	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–3	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1		1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	4–3	0–1	1–1
Rushden & Diamonds	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	5–3	1–0	0–2	6–0	1–1		0–0	4–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
Scarborough	1–0	0–0	1–2	5–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–1		3–0	1–3	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	5–0
Southport	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–3	3–2	4–1	1–1
Stevenage Borough	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–3	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0
Sutton United	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–2		2–1	2–3	1–1	0–1
Telford United	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	6–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0		2–1	1–2	3–1
Welling United	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–3	2–0		1–2	2–5
Woking	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–3		2–0
Yeovil Town	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–4	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–2	1–3	5–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–3

Source: ^[1]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers in order of league goals

Rank	Player	Club	League	FA Cup	FA Trophy	League Cup	Total
1	Justin Jackson	Morecambe	29	1	1	0	31
2	Carl Alford	Stevenage Borough	24	0	1	1	26
3	Neil Davis	Hednesford	18	1	2	0	21
4	Lee Furlong	Southport	17
5	Joff Vansittart	Dover Athletic	15	0	4	0	19
6	Ian Arnold	Southport	14	1	3	0	18
=	Kevin Ellison	Altrincham	14	1	0	0	15
8	Steve Brodie	Scarborough	13	0	2	1	16
=	Lee Charles	Hayes	13	5	0	0	18
=	Robin Elmes	Hereford United	13	1	1	0	15
=	Paul Fewings	Hereford United	13	2	0	0	15
=	Warren Patmore	Yeovil Town	13	0	2	2	17
13	Nassim Akrour	Woking	12	0	3	2	17
=	Stewart Hadley	Kidderminster Harriers	12	0	0	0	12
=	Ritchie Hanlon	Welling United	12	0	1	1	4
=	Richard Landon	Altrincham	12	1	1	0	14
=	David Leworthy	Kingstonian	12	2	2	1	17
=	Marc McGregor	Forest Green Rovers	12	1	1	0	14
=	Val Owen	Northwich Victoria	12	1	0	0	13
20	Darren Collins	Rushden & Diamonds	11	2	2	0	15
=	Phil Eastwood	Morecambe	11	0	2	0	13
=	Lee Elam	Southport	11	0	1	0	12
=	Mike McElhatton	Rushden & Diamonds	11	2	0	0	13
=	Zeke Rowe	Welling United	11	0	0	0	11
=	Dave Stevens	Hayes	11	0	0	0	11
=	Mark Watson	Sutton	11	0	1	0	12

Footballtransfers.co.uk, thefootballarchives.com and Soccerbase contain information on many players
on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.
Source:^[1]

References

1 2 3 Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2000–2001. Headline, 2000.

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[Rothmans-1] 1 2 3 Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2000–2001. Headline, 2000.

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Season	1999–2000
Champions	Kidderminster Harriers (2nd Football Conference title)
Direct promotion	Kidderminster Harriers
Conference League Cup winners	Doncaster Rovers
FA Trophy winners	Kingstonian (2nd FA Trophy title), 2nd successive
Relegated to Level 6	Altrincham, Sutton United, Welling United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,228 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Justin Jackson (Morecambe), 29
Biggest home win	Rushden & Diamonds – Northwich Victoria 6–0 (29 January 2000)
Biggest away win	Hayes – Rushden & Diamonds 0–5 (4 December 1999)
Highest scoring	Morecambe – Sutton 6–2 (4 December 1999); Telford – Hednesford 6–2 (3 January 2000); Hereford – Doncaster 5–3 (4 September 1999); Hereford – Scarborough 4–4 (2 October 1999); Rushden & Diamonds – Kidderminster 5–3 (21 September 1999); Northwich Victoria – Kettering Town 2–6 (24 April 2000)
Longest winning run	Kidderminster Harriers, Southport, Stevenage Borough, 6 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Morecambe, 17 matches
Longest losing run	Sutton, 7 matches
Highest attendance	Kidderminster Harriers v Rushden & Diamonds, 6,250 (8 April 2000)
Lowest attendance	Sutton v Scarborough, 460 (20 April 2000)
Average attendance	1,619 (– 0.47 compared to the previous season)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →