1989–90 Football Conference

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.

Contents

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

  • Barrow (promoted 1988–89)
  • Darlington (relegated from the Football League 1988–89)
  • Farnborough Town (promoted 1988–89)
  • Merthyr Tydfil (promoted 1988–89)

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 Runcorn – Enfield 9–0 (3 Mar 1990)
Biggest away win Barrow – Merthyr Tydfil 1–5 (18 Apr 1990);
Stafford Rangers – Darlington 0–4 (21 Apr 1990);
Telford United – Chorley 0–4 (9 Dec 1989);
Wycombe Wanderers – Cheltenham Town 0–4 (30 Dec 1989);
Yeovil Town – Welling United 0–4 (13 Sep 1989)
Highest scoring Runcorn – Enfield 9–0 (3 Mar 1990);
Farnborough Town – Runcorn 6–3 (11 Nov 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 Mar 1990)
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance 1,429 (+ 9% from previous season)
Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989–1990
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 42 13 6 2 43 12 13 3 5 33 13 76 25 + 51 87
2 Barnet 42 15 4 2 46 14 11 3 7 35 27 81 41 + 40 85
3 Runcorn 42 16 3 2 52 20 3 10 8 27 42 79 62 + 17 70
4 Macclesfield Town 42 11 6 4 35 16 6 9 6 21 25 56 41 + 15 66
5 Kettering Town 42 13 5 3 35 15 5 7 9 31 38 66 53 + 13 66
6 Welling United 42 11 6 4 36 16 7 4 10 26 34 62 50 + 12 65
7 Yeovil Town 42 9 8 4 32 25 8 4 9 30 29 62 54 + 8 63
8 Sutton United 42 14 2 5 42 24 5 4 12 26 40 68 64 + 4 63
9 Merthyr Tydfil 42 9 9 3 41 30 7 5 9 26 33 67 63 + 4 62
10 Wycombe Wanderers 42 11 6 4 42 24 6 4 11 22 32 64 56 + 8 61
11 Cheltenham Town 42 9 6 6 30 22 7 5 9 28 38 58 60 – 22 59
12 Telford United 42 8 7 6 31 29 7 6 8 25 34 56 63 – 7 58
13 Kidderminster Harriers 42 7 6 8 37 33 8 3 10 27 34 64 67 – 3 54
14 Barrow 42 11 8 2 33 25 1 8 12 18 42 51 67 – 16 52
15 Northwich Victoria 42 9 3 9 29 30 6 2 13 22 37 51 67 – 16 50
16 Altrincham 42 8 5 8 31 20 4 8 9 18 28 49 48 + 1 49
17 Stafford Rangers 42 9 6 6 25 23 3 6 12 25 39 50 62 – 12 48
18 Boston United 42 10 3 8 36 30 3 5 13 12 37 48 67 – 19 47
19 Fisher Athletic 42 9 1 11 34 34 4 6 11 21 44 55 78 – 23 46
20 Chorley 42 9 5 7 26 26 4 1 16 16 41 42 67 – 25 45 Relegated to the Northern Premier League
21 Farnborough Town 42 7 5 9 33 30 3 7 11 27 43 60 73 – 13 42 Relegated to to the Southern Premier League
22 Enfield 42 9 3 9 36 34 1 3 17 16 55 52 89 – 37 36 Relegated to the Isthmian 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.
Key
Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division
FA Trophy winners
Conference League Cup winners, Yeading (Isthmian League)
Relegated from the The Football League, see Darlington
New club in the Conference, see also Barrow, Farnborough Town
Relegated to Level 6

Results[1]

Home \ Away1 ALT BRN BRW BOS CHL CHO DAR ENF FAR FIS KET KID MAC MER NOR RUN STF SUT TEL WEL WYC YEO
Altrincham 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–1
Barnet 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Barrow 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–1
Boston United 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 3–0 2–2 1–3 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1
Cheltenham Town 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1
Chorley 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–2
Darlington 2–0 1–2 0–0 6–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Enfield 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–3 1–2 2–3 3–5 1–1
Farnborough Town 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 6–3 3–3 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–4
Fisher Athletic 3–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 2–5 2–0 0–2 3–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–2
Kettering Town 3–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–2
Macclesfield Town 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–2
Merthyr Tydfil 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–4 3–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 4–3 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–2
Northwich Victoria 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 4–3 2–3 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–4
Runcorn 0–0 2–2 4–3 3–1 2–4 3–2 2–1 9–0 3–2 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Stafford Rangers 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1
Sutton United 2–1 1–3 3–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–0 1–2 3–1
Telford United 1–3 1–3 3–0 4–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1
Welling United 1–1 3–1 0–0 6–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 4–3 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–4 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 5–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2
Yeovil Town 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–4 4–2

Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.
1The 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 England Robbie Cooke Kettering Town 28 0 0 0 28
2 Nigeria Efan Ekoku Sutton 25 0 0 0 25
3 Simon Read Farnborough Town 23 2 0 1 26
4 Ian Thompson Merthyr Tydfil 21 3 0 0 24
5 England John Borthwick Darlington 19 2 0 1 22
= England Mark Carter Runcorn 19 0 2 1 22
7 Mick Doherty Runcorn 18 1 0 0 19
8 England Gary Bull Barnet 17 5 0 3 25
= England Andrew Clarke Barnet 17 2 0 0 19
= England Paul Furlong Enfield 17 0 1 1 19
= England Paul Gorman Fisher Athletic 17 0 0 0 17
= England Terry Robbins Welling United 17 2 1 2 22
= Wales David Webley Merthyr Tydfil 17 2 0 0 19
14 England Steve Burr Macclesfield Town 16 3 2 0 21
= England Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 16 0 3 6 25
16 Scotland Paul McKinnon Sutton 16 1 0 3 20
= England Mark West Wycombe Wanderers 16 1 1 2 20
18 Germany Martin Hanchard Northwich Victoria 14 2 0 0 16
= Mark Whitehorse Kidderminster Harriers 14 2 3 2 21
20 England David Cork Darlington 12 1 3 1 17
= England Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 12 2 0 1 15
= England Ken McKenna Telford United 12 0 2 0 14
= England Mickey Spencer Yeovil Town 12 1 1 3 17

Promotion and relegation

Relegated

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.

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