1989–90 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1989–90 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Football Conference.

Football Conference
Season1989–90[1]
ChampionsDarlington (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueDarlington
Conference League Cup winnersYeading (Isthmian League)
FA Trophy winnersBarrow
Relegated to
Level 6
Chorley,
Enfield,
Farnborough Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,317 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerRobbie Cooke (Kettering Town), 28
Biggest home winRuncornEnfield 9–0 (3 March 1990)
Biggest away winBarrowMerthyr Tydfil 1–5 (18 April 1990);
Stafford RangersDarlington 0–4 (21 April 1990);
Telford UnitedChorley 0–4 (9 December 1989);
Wycombe WanderersCheltenham Town 0–4 (30 December 1989);
Yeovil TownWelling United 0–4 (13 September 1989)
Highest scoringRuncornEnfield 9–0 (3 March 1990);
Farnborough Town – Runcorn 6–3 (11 November 1989)
Longest winning runBarnet, 8 matches
Longest unbeaten runDarlington, 13 matches
Longest losing runNorthwich Victoria, 6 matches
Highest attendanceBarnet v Darlington, 5,880 (31 March 1990)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1,429 (+ 9% from previous season)

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

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Darlington 42 13 6 2 43 12 13 3 5 33 13 +51 87 Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division
2 Barnet 42 15 4 2 46 14 11 3 7 35 27 +40 85
3 Runcorn 42 16 3 2 52 20 3 10 8 27 42 +17 70
4 Macclesfield Town 42 11 6 4 35 16 6 9 6 21 25 +15 66
5 Kettering Town 42 13 5 3 35 15 5 7 9 31 38 +13 66
6 Welling United 42 11 6 4 36 16 7 4 10 26 34 +12 64
7 Yeovil Town 42 9 8 4 32 25 8 4 9 30 29 +8 63
8 Sutton United 42 14 2 5 42 24 5 4 12 26 40 +4 63
9 Merthyr Tydfil[lower-alpha 1] 42 9 9 3 41 30 7 5 9 26 33 +4 62
10 Wycombe Wanderers 42 11 6 4 42 24 6 4 11 22 32 +8 61
11 Cheltenham Town 42 9 6 6 30 22 7 5 9 28 38 2 59
12 Telford United 42 8 7 6 31 29 7 6 8 25 34 7 58
13 Kidderminster Harriers 42 7 6 8 37 33 8 3 10 27 34 3 54
14 Barrow[lower-alpha 1] 42 11 8 2 33 25 1 8 12 18 42 16 52 FA Trophy winners
15 Northwich Victoria 42 9 3 9 29 30 6 2 13 22 37 16 50
16 Altrincham 42 8 5 8 31 20 4 8 9 18 28 +1 49
17 Stafford Rangers 42 9 6 6 25 23 3 6 12 25 39 12 48
18 Boston United 42 10 3 8 36 30 3 5 13 12 37 19 47
19 Fisher Athletic 42 9 1 11 34 34 4 6 11 21 44 23 46
20 Chorley 42 9 5 7 26 26 4 1 16 16 41 25 45 Relegated to the Northern Premier League
21 Farnborough Town[lower-alpha 1] 42 7 5 9 33 30 3 7 11 27 43 13 42 Relegated to the Southern League
22 Enfield 42 9 3 9 36 34 1 3 17 16 55 37 36 Relegated to the Isthmian League
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. New club in the Conference

Note: Conference League Cup winners, Yeading (Isthmian League)

Results

Home \ Away ALT BAR BRW BOS CHL CHO DAR ENF FAR FIS KET KID MAC MER NOR RUN STA SUT TEL WEL WYC YEO
Altrincham 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–1
Barnet 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Barrow 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–1
Boston United 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 3–0 2–2 1–3 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1
Cheltenham Town 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1
Chorley 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–2
Darlington 2–0 1–2 0–0 6–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Enfield 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–3 1–2 2–3 3–5 1–1
Farnborough Town 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 6–3 3–3 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–4
Fisher Athletic 3–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 2–5 2–0 0–2 3–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–2
Kettering Town 3–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–2
Macclesfield Town 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–2
Merthyr Tydfil 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–4 3–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 4–3 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–2
Northwich Victoria 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 4–3 2–3 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–4
Runcorn 0–0 2–2 4–3 3–1 2–4 3–2 2–1 9–0 3–2 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Stafford Rangers 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1
Sutton United 2–1 1–3 3–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–0 1–2 3–1
Telford United 1–3 1–3 3–0 4–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1
Welling United 1–1 3–1 0–0 6–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 4–3 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–4 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 5–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2
Yeovil Town 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–4 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.[1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989–1990

Top scorers in order of league goals

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1]
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

Relegated

References

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