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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 winnersYeovil Town
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 winRuncorn – Enfield 9–0 (3 March 1990)
Biggest away winBarrow – Merthyr Tydfil 1–5 (18 April 1990);
Stafford Rangers – Darlington 0–4 (21 April 1990);
Telford United – Chorley 0–4 (9 December 1989);
Wycombe Wanderers – Cheltenham Town 0–4 (30 December 1989);
Yeovil Town – Welling United 0–4 (13 September 1989)
Highest scoringRuncorn – Enfield 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

Final league table

PosTeamPldHWHDHLHGFHGAAWADALAGFAGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Darlington421362431213353313+5187Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division
2Barnet421542461411373527+4085
3Runcorn421632522031082742+1770
4Macclesfield Town42116435166962125+1566
5Kettering Town42135335155793138+1366
6Welling United421164361674102634+1264
7Yeovil Town4298432258493029+863Conference League Cup winners
8Sutton United421425422454122640+463
9Merthyr Tydfil[a]4299341307592633+462
10Wycombe Wanderers421164422464112232+861
11Cheltenham Town4296630227592838−259
12Telford United4287631297682534−758
13Kidderminster Harriers42768373383102734−354
14Barrow[a]421182332518121842−1652FA Trophy winners
15Northwich Victoria42939293062132237−1650
16Altrincham4285831204891828+149
17Stafford Rangers42966252336122539−1248
18Boston United421038363035131237−1947
19Fisher Athletic429111343446112144−2346
20Chorley42957262641161641−2545Relegated to the Northern Premier League
21Farnborough Town[a]42759333037112743−1342Relegated to the Southern League
22Enfield42939363413171655−3736Relegated to the Isthmian League
Source: [1]
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayALTBARBRWBOSCHLCHODARENFFARFISKETKIDMACMERNORRUNSTASUTTELWELWYCYEO
Altrincham2–11–10–05–01–00–13–02–31–11–10–10–14–10–21–23–10–00–14–01–22–1
Barnet1–01–01–24–05–00–22–04–14–14–12–10–04–01–02–21–14–12–11–12–01–0
Barrow1–11–12–12–13–11–12–23–11–11–02–11–11–51–02–22–11–03–01–10–32–1
Boston United2–31–22–12–10–11–31–02–22–01–22–33–02–21–33–23–03–12–22–12–00–1
Cheltenham Town0–01–01–00–02–00–13–14–00–01–12–12–10–22–32–21–32–01–23–21–12–1
Chorley2–11–40–10–00–20–32–21–02–02–21–00–01–01–20–21–13–21–24–01–03–2
Darlington2–01–20–06–15–13–02–11–15–02–13–01–10–04–01–12–12–01–11–00–11–0
Enfield2–11–33–00–14–22–00–30–01–20–32–11–12–02–03–24–12–31–22–33–51–1
Farnborough Town0–00–13–01–04–01–31–02–31–11–10–11–20–10–16–33–31–32–13–11–12–4
Fisher Athletic3–01–24–01–02–52–00–23–24–23–11–11–31–21–00–10–21–21–31–33–11–2
Kettering Town3–03–22–05–01–02–11–33–21–13–00–20–02–03–01–10–02–01–10–11–01–0
Kidderminster Harriers1–20–12–21–31–23–13–22–03–11–12–32–21–24–00–03–02–22–41–10–23–2
Macclesfield Town1–00–12–10–03–00–00–04–00–00–13–11–23–23–14–02–21–13–03–21–01–2
Merthyr Tydfil0–02–13–31–01–11–01–15–11–11–43–23–12–31–13–24–32–30–04–01–12–2
Northwich Victoria2–30–21–01–00–00–11–01–00–22–12–21–22–03–11–14–32–30–22–33–01–4
Runcorn0–02–24–33–12–43–22–19–03–24–03–12–12–01–02–13–01–03–00–12–01–1
Stafford Rangers3–11–11–10–00–11–00–41–03–21–31–10–14–21–11–01–13–12–00–21–00–1
Sutton United2–11–33–32–00–23–02–12–02–32–12–11–22–11–12–13–01–06–11–01–23–1
Telford United1–31–33–04–20–00–40–11–14–23–11–31–11–01–12–12–10–21–10–04–11–1
Welling United1–13–10–06–01–13–10–13–04–32–03–04–10–10–32–01–11–01–01–10–00–1
Wycombe Wanderers1–11–04–01–00–44–00–11–01–06–12–23–31–11–23–35–02–13–21–11–01–2
Yeovil Town0–03–22–22–11–12–10–23–10–02–20–23–10–04–01–21–10–03–11–00–44–2
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]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989–1990
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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989–1990

Top scorers in order of league goals

RankPlayerClubLeagueFA CupFA TrophyLeague CupTotal[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

External links

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