2009–10 Ebbsfleet United F.C. season

2009–10 Football Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stevenage Borough (C) (P)	44	30	9	5	79	24	+55	99	Promotion to 2010-11 League Two
2	Luton Town	44	26	10	8	84	40	+44	88	Qualification to Playoffs
3	Oxford United (P)	44	25	11	8	64	31	+33	86
4	Rushden & Diamonds	44	22	13	9	77	39	+38	79
5	York City	44	22	12	10	62	35	+27	78
6	Kettering Town	44	18	12	14	51	41	+10	66
7	Crawley Town	44	19	9	16	50	57	−7	66
8	AFC Wimbledon	44	18	10	16	61	47	+14	64
9	Mansfield Town	44	17	11	16	69	60	+9	62
10	Cambridge United	44	15	14	15	65	53	+12	59
11	Wrexham	44	15	13	16	45	39	+6	58
12	Salisbury City	44	21	5	18	58	63	−5	058^*	Southern League Premier Division
13	Kidderminster Harriers	44	15	12	17	57	52	+5	57
14	Altrincham	44	13	15	16	53	51	+2	54
15	Barrow	44	13	13	18	50	67	−17	52
16	Tamworth	44	11	16	17	42	52	−10	49
17	Hayes & Yeading United	44	12	12	20	59	85	−26	48
18	Histon	44	11	13	20	44	67	−23	46
19	Eastbourne Borough	44	11	13	20	42	72	−30	46
20	Gateshead	44	13	7	24	46	69	−23	045^¶
21	Forest Green Rovers	44	12	9	23	50	76	−26	045^†
22	Ebbsfleet United (R)	44	12	8	24	50	82	−32	44	Relegation to Conference South
23	Grays Athletic	44	5	13	26	35	91	−56	026^∞	Isthmian League Division One North
24	Chester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00^‡	Club expelled, record expunged

Updated to games played on 24 April 2010.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
^*Salisbury City were initially docked 10 points for entering administration,^[1] and were demoted to the Southern League at the end of the season for failing to come out it.^[2]
‡ Chester City were initially docked 25 points for entering administration and insolvency,^[3] but were later expelled on 26 February 2010 and their record (P28 W5 D7 L16 GF23 GA42 Pts-3) was expunged on 8 March 2010.^[4]
¶Gateshead deducted one point for failing to fulfil a fixture.^[5]
∞Grays Athletic were docked two points for fielding ineligible players.^[6] Grays were demoted from the Conference National but declined to join the Conference South for financial reasons. They later applied to join the Isthmian League, and were accepted into the Isthmian League Division One North for 2010–11.^[7]
† Forest Green Rovers reprieved from relegation.

References

1. "Holmes upbeat on Salisbury future". BBC. 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
2. "Salisbury City statement - Thursday, June 10". 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
3. "Chester hit by 25-point penalty". BBC. 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
4. "Chester City results erased from Blue Square Premier". BBC. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
5. "Football Conference hearing decision". Gateshead F.C. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
6. "Grays deducted two points by Conference". BBC Sport. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
7. "Grays Athletic to play in Ryman Division One North". BBC Sport. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.