1993–94 Football Conference
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The GM Vauxhall Conference season of 1993–94 was the fifteenth season of the Conference National.
Contents
Overview
Kidderminster Harriers finished the season as Conference champions, but were unable to gain promotion to the Football League as their stadium failed to meet capacity requirements. As a result, the bottom placed Third Division club Northampton Town avoided relegation to the Conference.
New teams in the league this season
- Halifax Town (relegated from the Football League 1992–93)
- Dover Athletic (promoted 1992–93)
- Southport (promoted 1992–93)
Final league table[1]
| Season | 1993–94[1] |
|---|---|
| Champions | Kidderminster Harriers (2nd Football Conference title) |
| Promoted to the Football League | None |
| Conference League Cup winners | Macclesfield Town |
| FA Trophy winners | Woking |
| Relegated to Level 6 | Slough Town, Witton Albion |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1119 (2.42 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Paul Dobson (Gateshead), 25 |
| Biggest home win | Halifax Town – Telford United 6–0 (2 October 1993) |
| Biggest away win | Woking – Dagenham & Redbridge 1–8 (19 April 1994) |
| Highest scoring | Woking – Dagenham & Redbridge 1–8 (19 April 1994) |
| Longest winning run | Kidderminster Harriers, 8 matches |
| Longest unbeaten run | Runcorn, 15 matches |
| Longest losing run | Welling United, Yeovil Town 5 matches |
| Highest attendance | Kidderminster Harriers v Bromsgrove Rovers, 4,438 (5 April 1994) |
| Lowest attendance | ? |
| Average attendance | 1,065 |
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← 1992–93
1994–95 →
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
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| 1 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 63 | 35 | + 28 | 75 | |||||
| 2 | Kettering Town | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 46 | 24 | + 22 | 72 | |||||
| 3 | Woking | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 58 | 58 | ± 0 | 67 | |||||
| 4 | Southport | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 57 | 51 | + 6 | 66 | |||||
| 5 | Runcorn | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 63 | 57 | + 6 | 61 | |||||
| 6 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 62 | 54 | + 8 | 59 | |||||
| 7 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 48 | 49 | – 1 | 59 | |||||
| 8 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 48 | 49 | – 1 | 58 | |||||
| 9 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 56 | 52 | + 4 | 57 | |||||
| 10 | Altrincham | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 41 | 42 | – 1 | 57 | |||||
| 11 | Gateshead | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 45 | 53 | – 8 | 57 | |||||
| 12 | Bath City | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 47 | 38 | + 9 | 56 | |||||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 55 | 49 | + 6 | 55 | |||||
| 14 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 54 | 55 | – 1 | 54 | |||||
| 15 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 45 | – 1 | 52 | |||||
| 16 | Welling United | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 47 | 49 | – 2 | 51 | |||||
| 17 | Telford United | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 41 | 49 | – 8 | 51 | |||||
| 18 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 54 | 66 | – 12 | 51 | |||||
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 49 | 62 | – 13 | 51 | |||||
| 20 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 60 | 61 | – 1 | 49 | [notes 1] | ||||
| 21 | Slough Town | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 58 | – 14 | 47 | Relegated to the Isthmian League | ||||
| 22 | Witton Albion | 42 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 37 | 63 | – 26 | 34 | Relegated to Northern Premier 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.
- ↑ Merthyr Tydfil were docked 2 points.
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League | |
| FA Trophy winners | |
| Conference League Cup winners | |
| Relegated from The Football League | |
| New club in the Conference | |
| Relegated to Level 6 |
Results[1]
| Home ╲ Away | ALT | BAT | BRO | D&R | DOV | GAT | HAL | KET | KID | MAC | MER | NOR | RUN | SLO | SOU | STA | STL | TEL | WEL | WTN | WOK | YEO |
| Altrincham | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Bath City | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Bromsgrove Rovers | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | |
| Dover Athletic | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | |
| Gateshead | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Halifax Town | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Kettering Town | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Runcorn | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| Slough Town | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | |
| Southport | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Telford United | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Welling United | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Witton Albion | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Woking | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–8 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Yeovil Town | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994–95. Headline, 1994.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Farnborough Town (from the Southern Premier League)
- Stevenage Borough (from the Isthmian League)
Relegated
- Slough Town (to the Isthmian League)
- Witton Albion (to the Northern Premier League)
Top scorers in order of league goals[1]
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Dobson | Gateshead | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 34 |
| 2 | Karl Thomas | Runcorn | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 | Paul Adcock | Bath City | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| = | Terry Robbins | Welling United | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Mickey Spencer | Yeovil Town | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| = | Clive Walker | Woking | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | David Gamble | Southport | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| = | David Leworthy | Dover Athletic | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Carl Alford | Macclesfield Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 25 |
| = | Paul Davies | Kidderminster Harriers | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| = | Morrys Scott | Slough Town | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Recky Carter | Bromsgrove Rovers | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Jamie Paterson | Halifax Town | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| = | Delwyn Humphreys | Kidderminster Harriers | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
