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.

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

Final league table[1]

Football Conference
Season 1989–90[1]
Champions Darlington (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League Darlington
Conference League Cup winners Yeading (Isthmian League)
FA Trophy winners Barrow
Relegated to
Level 6
Chorley,
Enfield,
Farnborough Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1317 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Robbie Cooke (Kettering Town), 28
Biggest home win RuncornEnfield 9–0 (3 March 1990)
Biggest away win BarrowMerthyr 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 scoring RuncornEnfield 9–0 (3 March 1990);
Farnborough TownRuncorn 6–3 (11 November 1989)
Longest winning run Barnet, 8 matches
Longest unbeaten run Darlington, 13 matches
Longest losing run Northwich Victoria, 6 matches
Highest attendance Barnet v Darlington, 5,880 (31 March 1990)
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance 1,429 (+ 9% from previous season)
Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989–1990
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Darlington 4213624312133533137625+ 5187
2 Barnet 4215424614113735278141+ 4085
3 Runcorn 4216325220310827427962+ 1770
4 Macclesfield Town 421164351669621255641+ 1566
5 Kettering Town 421353351557931386653+ 1366
6 Welling United 4211643616741026346250+ 1264
7 Yeovil Town 42984322584930296254+ 863
8 Sutton United 4214254224541226406864+ 463
9 Merthyr Tydfil 42993413075926336763+ 462
10 Wycombe Wanderers 4211644224641122326456+ 861
11 Cheltenham Town 42966302275928385860– 2259
12 Telford United 42876312976825345663– 758
13 Kidderminster Harriers 427683733831027346467– 354
14 Barrow 4211823325181218425167– 1652
15 Northwich Victoria 429392930621322375167– 1650
16 Altrincham 42858312048918284948+ 149
17 Stafford Rangers 429662523361225395062– 1248
18 Boston United 4210383630351312374867– 1947
19 Fisher Athletic 4291113434461121445578– 2346
20 Chorley 429572626411616414267– 2545Relegated to the Northern Premier League
21 Farnborough Town 427593330371127436073– 1342Relegated to the Southern League
22 Enfield 429393634131716555289– 3736Relegated to the Isthmian League
Key
Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division
FA Trophy winners
Conference League Cup winners, Yeading (Isthmian League)
Relegated from The Football League, see Darlington
New club in the Conference, see also Barrow, Farnborough Town
Relegated to Level 6

Results[1]

Home ╲ Away ALT BAR BRWBOSCHLCHODARENFFARFISKETKIDMACMERNORRUNSTASUTTELWELWYCYEO
Altrincham 21 11 00 50 10 01 30 23 11 11 01 01 41 02 12 31 00 01 40 12 21
Barnet 10 10 12 40 50 02 20 41 41 41 21 00 40 10 22 11 41 21 11 20 10
Barrow 11 11 21 21 31 11 22 31 11 10 21 11 15 10 22 21 10 30 11 03 21
Boston United 23 12 21 21 01 13 10 22 20 12 23 30 22 13 32 30 31 22 21 20 01
Cheltenham Town 00 10 10 00 20 01 31 40 00 11 21 21 02 23 22 13 20 12 32 11 21
Chorley 21 14 01 00 02 03 22 10 20 22 10 00 10 12 02 11 32 12 40 10 32
Darlington 20 12 00 61 51 30 21 11 50 21 30 11 00 40 11 21 20 11 10 01 10
Enfield 21 13 30 01 42 20 03 00 12 03 21 11 20 20 32 41 23 12 23 35 11
Farnborough Town 00 01 30 10 40 13 10 23 11 11 01 12 01 01 63 33 13 21 31 11 24
Fisher Athletic 30 12 40 10 25 20 02 32 42 31 11 13 12 10 01 02 12 13 13 31 12
Kettering Town 30 32 20 50 10 21 13 32 11 30 02 00 20 30 11 00 20 11 01 10 10
Kidderminster Harriers 12 01 22 13 12 31 32 20 31 11 23 22 12 40 00 30 22 24 11 02 32
Macclesfield Town 10 01 21 00 30 00 00 40 00 01 31 12 32 31 40 22 11 30 32 10 12
Merthyr Tydfil 00 21 33 10 11 10 11 51 11 14 32 31 23 11 32 43 23 00 40 11 22
Northwich Victoria 23 02 10 10 00 01 10 10 02 21 22 12 20 31 11 43 23 02 23 30 14
Runcorn 00 22 43 31 24 32 21 90 32 40 31 21 20 10 21 30 10 30 01 20 11
Stafford Rangers 31 11 11 00 01 10 04 10 32 13 11 01 42 11 10 11 31 20 02 10 01
Sutton United 21 13 33 20 02 30 21 20 23 21 21 12 21 11 21 30 10 61 10 12 31
Telford United 13 13 30 42 00 04 01 11 42 31 13 11 10 11 21 21 02 11 00 41 11
Welling United 11 31 00 60 11 31 01 30 43 20 30 41 01 03 20 11 10 10 11 00 01
Wycombe Wanderers 11 10 40 10 04 40 01 10 10 61 22 33 11 12 33 50 21 32 11 10 12
Yeovil Town 00 32 22 21 11 21 02 31 00 22 02 31 00 40 12 11 00 31 10 04 42

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

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total
1 Robbie Cooke Kettering Town 2800028
2 Efan Ekoku Sutton 2500025
3 Simon Read Farnborough Town 2320126
4 Ian Thompson Merthyr Tydfil 2130024
5 John Borthwick Darlington 1920122
= Mark Carter Runcorn 1902122
7 Mike Doherty Runcorn 1810019
8 Gary Bull Barnet 1750325
= Andrew Clarke Barnet 1720019
= Paul Furlong Enfield 1701119
= Paul Gorman Fisher Athletic 1700017
= Terry Robbins Welling United 1721222
= David Webley Merthyr Tydfil 1720019
14 Steve Burr Macclesfield Town 1632021
= Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 1603625
16 Paul McKinnon Sutton 1610320
= Mark West Wycombe Wanderers 1611220
18 Martin Hanchard Northwich Victoria 1420016
= Mark Whitehouse Kidderminster Harriers 1423221
20 David Cork Darlington 1213117
= Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 1220115
= Ken McKenna Telford United 1202014
= Mickey Spencer Yeovil Town 1211317

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

Relegated

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.

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