1991–92 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1991–92 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season of the Football Conference.

Overview

Colchester United, relegated from the Fourth Division two years earlier, regained their Football League status by winning the Conference title. However, as had happened a year earlier, there was no relegation from the Football League to the Conference due to an expansion of the Football League — which was ultimately never completed due to the bankruptcy of Aldershot late in the 1991–92 season and then Maidstone United (1897) at the start of the 1992–93 season.

New teams in the league this season

• Farnborough Town (promoted 1990–91)
• Redbridge Forest (promoted 1990–91)
• Witton Albion (promoted 1990–91)

Final League Table^[1]

Football Conference

Season	1991–92 [1]
Champions	Colchester United (2nd Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League	Colchester United
Conference League Cup winners	Wycombe Wanderers
Relegated to Level 6	Barrow, Cheltenham Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1343 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Cavell (Redbridge Forest), 29; Terry Robbins (Welling United), 29
Biggest home win	Witton Albion – Stafford Rangers 6–0 (8 Feb 1992)
Biggest away win	Cheltenham Town – Redbridge Forest 0–7 (29 Feb 1992)
Highest scoring	Altrincham – Slough Town 3–7 (19 Oct 1991)
Longest winning run	Redbridge Forest, 7 matches; Wycombe Wanderers, 7 matches (twice)
Longest unbeaten run	Colchester United, 15 matches
Longest losing run	Altrincham, 9 matches
Highest attendance	Colchester United v Barrow, 7,193 (2 May 1992)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,221 (– 14% compared to previous season)
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Altrincham

Barrow

Bath City

Boston United

Cheltenham Town

Colchester United

Redbridge Forest

Farnborough Town

Gateshead

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Macclesfield Town

Merthyr Tydfil

Northwich Victoria

Runcorn F.C. Halton

Slough Town

Stafford Rangers

Telford United

Welling United

Witton Albion

Wycombe Wanderers

Yeovil Town

Locations of the Football Conference teams 1991–1992

Redbridge Forest

Welling

Locations of the Football Conference teams 1991–1992

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Colchester United	42		19	1	1	57	11		9	9	3	41	29		98	40	+ 58		94
2	Wycombe Wanderers	42		18	1	2	49	13		12	3	6	35	22		84	35	+ 49		94
3	Kettering Town	42		12	6	3	44	23		8	7	6	28	27		72	50	+ 22		73
4	Merthyr Tydfil	42		14	4	3	40	24		4	10	7	19	32		59	56	+ 3		68
5	Farnborough Town	42		8	7	6	36	27		10	5	6	32	26		68	53	+ 15		66
6	Telford United	42		10	4	7	32	31		9	3	9	30	35		62	66	– 4		64
7	Redbridge Forest	42		12	4	5	42	27		6	5	10	27	29		69	56	+ 13		63	[notes 1]
8	Boston United	42		10	4	7	40	35		8	5	8	31	31		71	66	+ 5		63
9	Bath City	42		8	6	7	27	22		8	6	7	27	29		54	51	+ 3		60
10	Witton Albion	42		11	6	4	41	26		5	4	12	22	34		63	60	+ 3		58
11	Northwich Victoria	42		10	4	7	40	25		6	2	13	23	33		63	58	+ 5		54
12	Welling United	42		8	6	7	40	38		6	6	9	29	41		69	79	– 10		54
13	Macclesfield Town	42		7	7	7	25	21		6	6	9	25	29		50	50	± 0		52
14	Gateshead	42		8	5	8	22	22		4	7	10	27	35		49	57	– 8		48
15	Yeovil Town	42		8	6	7	22	21		3	8	10	18	28		40	49	– 9		47
16	Runcorn	42		5	11	5	26	26		6	2	13	24	37		50	63	– 13		46
17	Stafford Rangers	42		7	8	6	25	24		3	8	10	16	35		41	59	– 18		46
18	Altrincham	42		5	8	8	33	39		6	4	11	28	43		61	82	– 21		45
19	Kidderminster Harriers	42		8	6	7	35	32		4	3	14	21	45		56	77	– 21		45
20	Slough Town	42		7	3	11	26	39		6	3	12	30	43		56	82	– 26		45
21	Cheltenham Town	42		8	5	8	28	35		2	8	11	28	47		56	82	– 26		43	Relegated to the Southern Premier League
22	Barrow	42		5	8	8	29	23		3	6	12	23	49		52	72	– 20		38	Relegated to the 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.

1. ^ After this season Redbridge Forest F.C. merged with Dagenham F.C. to form Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.

Key
	Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Third Division
	FA Trophy winners, see Colchester United
	Conference League Cup winners
	Relegated from the The Football League (none)
	New club in the Conference
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

Home \ Away1

ALT

BRW

BAT

BOS

CHL

COL

FAR

GAT

KET

KID

MAC

MER

NOR

RED

RUN

SLO

STF

TEL

WEL

WTN

WYC

YEO

Altrincham

1–1

4–0

2–4

2–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

1–1

0–1

0–3

2–2

3–7

3–0

2–3

1–2

2–2

0–4

2–1

Barrow

0–2

2–0

2–2

0–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

5–1

2–0

2–2

0–2

0–1

2–3

3–4

0–0

3–0

6–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

Bath City

3–2

2–1

2–0

5–1

0–0

1–2

0–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

0–0

3–1

2–1

0–1

1–2

3–2

0–2

1–1

3–1

Boston United

2–1

4–1

1–0

3–3

0–4

0–1

4–0

1–1

1–1

1–5

2–0

0–2

2–1

2–1

3–1

2–2

1–2

5–1

3–2

2–2

1–3

Cheltenham Town

0–2

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

4–3

3–2

0–3

1–2

2–3

1–2

1–0

0–7

4–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

3–2

0–1

2–1

1–1

Colchester United

3–3

5–0

5–0

1–0

4–0

2–3

2–0

3–1

3–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

4–0

2–0

2–0

3–1

3–1

3–0

4–0

Farnborough Town

3–0

5–0

1–2

5–0

1–1

0–2

3–1

1–3

2–1

4–2

0–0

2–4

1–0

0–2

2–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

1–3

0–0

Gateshead

5–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

2–1

0–2

0–2

0–0

0–3

2–0

0–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

0–0

0–2

1–1

2–1

2–3

1–0

Kettering Town

5–0

3–2

2–2

1–3

3–0

2–2

1–2

1–1

2–1

2–0

3–1

1–0

3–2

3–0

2–3

2–1

3–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

Kidderminster Harriers

1–0

1–2

0–1

1–3

2–1

2–2

1–1

5–3

2–3

1–1

2–2

1–0

5–1

2–1

3–3

2–1

1–2

1–3

0–1

1–0

1–1

Macclesfield Town

1–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

3–3

4–4

1–2

1–0

0–2

0–0

3–0

0–0

0–0

3–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–2

1–0

3–1

1–2

Merthyr Tydfil

3–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

3–1

2–0

1–0

1–4

4–1

2–1

3–2

2–1

2–2

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–2

2–1

1–0

1–2

2–2

Northwich Victoria

1–2

6–1

1–3

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

4–3

3–1

2–1

4–1

0–2

3–0

3–0

1–2

0–1

1–2

3–0

0–1

1–0

Redbridge Forest

0–1

2–2

3–1

1–4

1–2

2–1

2–0

2–1

4–0

5–0

0–0

1–1

4–3

1–2

4–0

4–3

1–0

2–0

3–1

0–5

0–0

Runcorn

2–2

2–2

0–2

2–2

2–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

0–0

4–1

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

0–2

2–2

0–1

1–2

2–2

Slough Town

2–3

1–0

2–2

3–1

1–3

2–4

0–5

2–0

0–2

3–1

0–3

0–0

0–1

4–0

1–0

2–2

0–3

0–3

2–1

0–1

1–4

Stafford Rangers

1–2

0–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

3–3

0–1

1–3

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

1–1

3–2

0–0

2–1

0–2

0–0

Telford United

2–1

4–2

0–2

1–2

2–1

0–3

1–2

1–1

1–1

3–1

0–1

1–2

1–4

3–3

2–1

2–2

4–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–0

Welling United

2–2

5–3

0–5

1–3

1–1

4–1

1–0

2–2

2–3

3–2

2–1

1–2

6–1

2–2

1–2

0–2

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

Witton Albion

2–0

0–1

2–2

1–0

4–2

2–2

4–1

0–3

1–0

2–1

1–1

3–2

1–1

2–0

1–3

2–1

6–0

1–1

2–2

1–2

3–1

Wycombe Wanderers

4–2

3–2

1–0

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–1

2–1

1–0

2–0

0–1

4–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

3–0

6–1

4–0

4–0

1–0

Yeovil Town

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

2–2

1–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–4

1–0

0–1

0–2

3–0

2–1

1–0

Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1992–93. Headline, 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	Paul Cavell	Redbridge Forest	29	1	2	1	33
=	Terry Robbins	Welling United	29	0	1	0	30
3	Gary Jones	Boston United	27	2	1	1	31
4	Roy McDonough	Colchester United	26	1	2	0	29
5	Simon Read	Farnborough Town	21	9	3	2	35
=	Karl Thomas	Witton Albion	21	3	4	1	29
7	Steve McGavin	Colchester United	20	2	4	2	28
=	David Webley	Merthyr Tydfil	20	0	0	0	20
9	Gary Abbott	Welling United	19	5	1	0	25
=	Ken McKenna	Altrincham	19	0	0	1	20
=	Malcolm O'Connor	Northwich Victoria	19	0	1	2	22
=	Paul Randall	Bath City	19	3	1	2	25
13	Jon Graham	Kettering Town	18	3	0	0	21
=	Keith Scott	Wycombe Wanderers	18	0	1	1	20
15	Gary Bennett	Colchester United	16	0	2	0	18
=	Richard Hill	Kettering Town	16	1	2	0	19
=	Mickey Spencer	Yeovil Town	16	1	4	3	24
=	Ceri Williams	Merthyr Tydfil	16	1	1	1	19

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

• Colchester United (to the Football League Third Division)
• Bromsgrove Rovers (from the Southern Premier League)
• Stalybridge Celtic (from the Northern Premier League)
• Woking (from the Isthmian League)

Relegated

• Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
• Cheltenham Town (to the Southern Premier League)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1992–93. Headline, 1992.

External links

• 1991-92 Conference National Results