- 1988–89 Football Conference
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The Football Conference season of 1988–89 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football Conference.
It was the third season that the champions of the Conference were automatically promoted to the Football League after the abolition of the election system.
Contents
Overview
Maidstone United, who had been Conference champions once earlier in the decade and once the runners-up, were finally promoted to the Football League Fourth Division after gaining their second title at this level.
Newport County, the club newly relegated to the Conference from the Football League, were wound up due to debts on 27 February 1989. They were then expelled from the Conference for failing to fulfil their fixtures; their record was expunged.
New teams in the league this season
- Aylesbury United (promoted 1987–88)
- Chorley (promoted 1987–88)
- Newport County (relegated from the Football League 1987–88)
- Yeovil Town (promoted 1987–88)
Final league table[1]
Football Conference Season 1988–89 [1] Champions Maidstone United (2nd Football Conference title) Promoted to the Football League Maidstone United Conference League Cup winners Yeovil Town FA Trophy winners Telford United Relegated to
Level 6/FoldedWeymouth,
Newport CountyMatches played 420 Goals scored 1233 (2.94 per match) Top goalscorer Steve Butler (Maidstone United), 26;
Mark Gall (Maidstone United), 26Biggest home win Maidstone United – Altrincham 7–2 (27 Aug 1988);
Wycombe Wanderers – Stafford Rangers 6–1 (11 Feb 1989);
Boston United – Barnet 5–0 (29 Oct 1988);
Maidstone United – Yeovil Town 5–0 (22 Oct 1988);
Runcorn – Aylesbury 5–0 (3 Dec 1988);
Welling United – Aylesbury 5–0 (12 Oct 1988)Biggest away win Boston United – Runcorn 0–6 (28 Sep 1988) Highest scoring Maidstone United – Altrincham 7–2 (27 Aug 1988);
Kidderminster Harriers – Maidstone United 3–6 (8 Apr 1989)Longest winning run Boston United, Chorley, Maidstone, Runcorn, 6 matches Longest unbeaten run Maidstone, 17 matches Longest losing run Fisher Athletic, 6 matches Highest attendance Wycombe Wanderers v Kettering Town, 4,890 (8 Apr 1989) Lowest attendance ? Average attendance 1195 (– 4% compared to previous season) ← 1987–881989–90 →
EnfieldKidderminster HarriersNewport CountyLocations of the Football Conference teams 1988–1989Locations of the Football Conference teams 1988–1989Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes 1 Maidstone United 40 12 5 3 48 22 13 4 3 44 24 92 46 + 46 84 2 Kettering Town 40 16 1 3 35 15 7 6 7 21 24 56 39 + 17 76 3 Boston United 40 12 3 5 36 28 10 5 5 25 23 61 51 + 10 74 4 Wycombe Wanderers 40 9 7 4 34 25 11 4 5 34 27 68 52 + 16 71 5 Kidderminster Harriers 40 10 4 6 32 32 11 2 7 36 25 68 57 + 11 69 6 Runcorn 40 11 3 6 39 22 8 5 7 38 31 77 53 + 24 65 7 Macclesfield Town 40 9 5 6 31 26 8 5 7 32 31 63 57 + 6 61 8 Barnet 40 11 2 7 36 30 7 5 8 28 39 64 69 – 5 61 9 Yeovil Town 40 8 5 7 34 30 7 6 7 34 37 68 67 + 1 56 10 Northwich Victoria 40 8 5 7 31 30 6 6 8 33 35 64 65 – 1 53 11 Welling United 40 8 6 6 27 16 6 5 9 18 30 45 46 – 1 53 12 Sutton United 40 10 5 5 43 26 2 10 8 21 28 64 54 + 10 51 13 Enfield 40 7 4 9 33 32 7 4 9 29 35 62 67 – 5 51 14 Altrincham 40 6 8 6 24 23 7 2 11 27 38 51 61 – 10 49 15 Cheltenham Town 40 7 7 6 32 29 5 5 10 23 29 55 58 – 3 48 16 Telford United 40 5 5 10 17 24 8 4 8 20 19 37 43 – 6 48 17 Chorley 40 6 4 10 26 32 7 2 11 31 39 57 71 – 14 45 18 Fisher Athletic 40 6 4 10 31 32 4 7 9 24 33 55 65 – 10 41 19 Stafford Rangers 40 7 4 9 27 32 4 3 13 22 42 49 74 – 25 40 [notes 1] 20 Aylesbury United 40 7 4 9 27 30 2 5 13 16 41 43 71 – 28 36 Relegated to the Isthmian League 21 Weymouth 40 6 7 7 27 30 1 3 16 10 40 37 70 – 33 31 Relegated to the Southern League Newport County [notes 2] - 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.
- ^ Stafford Rangers were reprieved from relegation due to Newport County’s expulsion.
- ^ Newport County were expelled from the Conference and their record was expunged.
Key Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division FA Trophy winners Conference League Cup winners Relegated from the The Football League, see Newport County New club in the Conference, see also Yeovil Town Relegated to Level 6 Expelled from Conference Results[1]
Home \ Away1 ALT AYL BRN BOS CHL CHO ENF FIS KET KID MAC MAI NOR RUN STF SUT TEL WEL WEY WYC YEO Altrincham 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 Aylesbury United 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–5 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–2 3–2 Barnet 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–4 2–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 4–1 1–0 2–0 Boston United 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–4 2–1 0–6 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 Cheltenham Town 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 Chorley 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 Enfield 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 3–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–4 1–1 Fisher Athletic 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 3–3 4–2 Kettering Town 0–1 5–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers 2–3 4–3 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–6 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 Macclesfield Town 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 Maidstone United 7–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–3 4–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 1–3 5–0 Northwich Victoria 4–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–4 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–2 Runcorn 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 Stafford Rangers 0–2 3–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–6 Sutton United 3–2 5–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 5–2 Telford United 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 Welling United 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–2 Weymouth 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–3 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–4 3–3 6–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 Yeovil Town 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 4–3 4–0 2–3 1–1 Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–80. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1989.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.Top scorers[1]
Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total 1 
Steve ButlerMaidstone United 26 0 0 1 27 = Mark GallMaidstone United 26 2 0 1 29 3 Chris CamdenStafford Rangers 23 9 0 2 34 = Mark CarterRuncorn 23 0 0 1 24 5 
Ken CharleryMaidstone United 22 4 0 0 26 6 Steve BurrMacclesfield Town 21 0 5 0 26 = Don PageRuncorn 21 1 0 3 25 8 Paul DaviesKidderminster Harriers 20 1 0 4 25 = 
Lenny DennisSutton United 20 3 1 5 29 = Mark WestWycombe Wanderers 20 4 2 0 26 11 Ronnie EllisAltrincham 18 2 0 0 20 = Derrick ParkerNorthwich Victoria 18 2 2 0 22 13 Phil PowerChorley 16 1 0 0 17 = Guy WhittinghamYeovil Town 16 0 0 0 16 15 Chris Cook Boston United 15 6 1 1 23 = Dean NealFisher Athletic 15 6 0 0 21 = Paul Wilson Boston United 15 5 1 0 21 18 Frank Murphy Barnet 14 2 0 2 18 = Malcolm O'Connor Northwich Victoria 14 6 1 1 22 20 Gary AbbottEnfield 13 4 1 0 18 = Phil DerbyshireMacclesfield Town 13 0 0 0 13 = Ernie MossKettering Town 13 1 3 0 17 Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Maidstone United (to the Football League Fourth Division)
- Barrow (from the Northern Premier League)
- Farnborough Town (from the Isthmian League)
- Merthyr Tydfil (from the Southern League)
Relegated
- Aylesbury (to the Isthmian League)
- Darlington (from the Football League Fourth Division)
- Weymouth (to the Southern League)
References
- ^ a b c d Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–90. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1989.
External links
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