- 1990–91 Football Conference
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The Football Conference season of 1990–91 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth season of the Football Conference.
Contents
Overview
Barnet finished the season as Conference champions and were promoted to the Football League Fourth Division, finishing narrowly ahead of Colchester United, who had been relegated to the Conference a year earlier.
There was no relegation from the Fourth Division to the Conference this year, due to expansion of the Football League.
New teams in the league this season
- Bath City (promoted 1989–90)
- Colchester United (relegated from the Football League 1989–90)
- Gateshead (promoted 1989–90)
- Slough Town (promoted 1989–90)
Final league table[1]
Football Conference Season 1990–91 [1] Champions Barnet (1st Football Conference title) Promoted to the Football League Barnet Conference League Cup winners Sutton United Relegated to Level 6 Fisher Athletic,
Sutton UnitedMatches played 462 Goals scored 1364 (2.95 per match) Top goalscorer Gary Bull (Barnet), 30 Biggest home win Altrincham – Merthyr Tydfil 9–2 (16 Feb 1991);
Barnet – Fisher Athletic 8–1 (16 Oct 1990);
Merthyr Tydfil – Fisher Athletic 7–0 (24 Nov 1990)Biggest away win Gateshead – Sutton 0–9 (22 Sep 1990) Highest scoring Altrincham – Merthyr Tydfil 9–0 (16 Feb 1991);
Barnet – Fisher Athletic 8–1 (16 Oct 1990);
Yeovil Town –Slough Town 7–2 (6 Apr 1991);
Welling United – Northwich Victoria 4–5 (29 Sep 1990);
Gateshead – Sutton 0–9 (22 Sep 1990)Longest winning run Barnet, Kettering Town, 7 matches Longest unbeaten run Altrincham, 28 matches Longest losing run Yeovil Town, 7 matches Highest attendance Colchester United v Altrincham, 7,221 (20 Apr 1991) Lowest attendance ? Average attendance 1,415 (– 0,09% compared to previous season) ← 1989–901991–92 →
BarrowKidderminster HarriersLocations of the Football Conference teams 1990–1991Locations of the Football Conference teams 1990–1991Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes 1 Barnet 42 13 4 4 50 23 13 5 3 53 29 103 52 + 51 87 2 Colchester United 42 16 4 1 41 13 9 6 6 27 22 68 35 + 33 85 3 Altrincham 42 12 6 3 48 22 11 7 3 39 24 87 46 + 41 82 4 Kettering Town 42 12 6 3 38 19 11 5 5 29 26 67 45 + 22 80 5 Wycombe Wanderers 42 15 3 3 46 17 6 8 7 29 29 75 46 + 29 74 6 Telford United 42 11 3 7 30 21 9 4 8 32 31 62 52 + 10 67 7 Macclesfield Town 42 11 4 6 38 22 6 8 7 25 30 63 52 + 11 63 8 Runcorn 42 12 4 5 44 29 4 6 11 25 38 69 67 + 2 58 9 Merthyr Tydfil 42 9 5 7 37 24 7 4 11 25 37 62 61 + 1 57 10 Barrow 42 10 8 3 34 24 5 4 12 25 41 59 65 – 6 57 11 Welling United 42 7 10 4 33 27 6 5 10 22 30 55 57 – 2 54 12 Northwich Victoria 42 8 7 6 33 30 5 6 10 32 45 65 75 – 10 52 13 Kidderminster Harriers 42 8 5 8 33 30 6 5 10 23 37 56 67 – 11 52 14 Yeovil Town 42 9 5 7 38 29 4 6 11 20 29 58 58 ± 0 50 15 Stafford Rangers 42 7 9 5 30 26 5 5 11 18 25 48 51 – 3 50 16 Cheltenham Town 42 8 6 7 29 25 4 6 11 25 47 54 72 – 18 48 17 Gateshead 42 10 3 8 32 38 4 3 14 20 54 52 92 – 40 48 18 Boston United 42 9 4 8 40 31 3 7 11 15 38 55 69 – 14 47 19 Slough Town 42 9 4 8 31 29 4 2 15 20 51 51 80 – 29 45 20 Bath City 42 9 4 8 39 27 1 8 12 16 34 55 61 – 6 42 21 Sutton United 42 6 6 9 29 33 4 3 14 33 49 62 82 – 20 39 Relegated to the Isthmian League 22 Fisher Athletic 42 3 9 9 22 30 2 6 13 16 49 38 79 – 41 30 Relegated to the Southern 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.
Key Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division FA Trophy winners Conference League Cup winners, see Sutton United Relegated from the The Football League New club in the Conference Relegated to Level 6 Results[1]
Home \ Away1 ALT BRN BRW BAT BOS CHL COL FIS GAT KET KID MAC MER NOR RUN SLO STF SUT TEL WEL WYC YEO Altrincham 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 5–2 9–2 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 Barnet 0–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–3 8–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 6–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 Barrow 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 Bath City 2–3 1–4 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 3–3 4–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 6–1 4–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 Boston United 2–6 1–3 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 5–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 Cheltenham Town 1–4 1–4 3–1 0–0 5–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 Colchester United 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 Fisher Athletic 0–0 2–4 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 5–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 Gateshead 0–3 1–3 5–1 2–0 0–1 3–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–9 5–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 Kettering Town 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 5–2 2–5 0–0 0–1 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers 0–1 0–3 3–1 3–2 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–3 2–3 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 Macclesfield Town 0–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 Merthyr Tydfil 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 7–0 3–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 3–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–4 1–1 Northwich Victoria 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 5–2 2–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–3 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–1 2–0 Runcorn 1–3 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 5–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–3 Slough Town 3–3 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 Stafford Rangers 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–4 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 Sutton United 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 3–1 3–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 5–2 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 Telford United 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 Welling United 2–2 1–4 4–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–5 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 Wycombe Wanderers 3–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 5–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 4–1 2–0 Yeovil Town 2–3 1–4 0–3 3–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 7–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & 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 
Gary BullBarnet 30 2 0 0 32 2 Mark WestWycombe Wanderers 24 6 3 0 33 3 Ken McKennaAltrincham 22 3 3 2 30 4 Mark CarterBarnet 19 0 1 1 21 = Paul RandallBath City 19 0 3 0 22 6 Colin CowperthwaiteBarrow 18 0 1 2 21 = Terry RobbinsWelling United 18 2 0 1 21 8 Mario WalshColchester United 17 0 1 0 18 9 Paul CavellBoston United 16 5 2 1 24 = Nicky EvansBarnet 16 5 0 0 21 11 Charlie ButlerGateshead 15 0 0 1 16 = Peter HowellKidderminster Harriers 15 0 4 1 20 13 John AskeyMacclesfield Town 14 0 0 0 14 = John BradyAltrincham 14 1 2 0 17 = Kim CaseyCheltenham Town 14 2 1 0 17 References
- ^ a b c d Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Barnet (to the Football League Fourth Division)
- Farnborough Town (from the Southern Premier League)
- Redbridge Forest (from the Isthmian League)
- Witton Albion (from the Northern Premier League)
Relegated
- Fisher Athletic (to the Southern Premier League)
- Sutton United (to the Isthmian League)
External links
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