1992–93 Football Conference

The GM Vauxhall Conference season of 1992–93 was the fourteenth season of the Football Conference.

Overview

Wycombe Wanderers, runners-up a year earlier, finally gained the Conference title — and a place in the Football League at the expense of the bottom placed Third Division club Halifax Town.

New teams in the league this season

• Bromsgrove Rovers (promoted 1991–92)
• Stalybridge Celtic (promoted 1991–92)
• Woking (promoted 1991–92)

Final League Table^[1]

Football Conference

Season	1992–93 [1]
Champions	Wycombe Wanderers (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League	Wycombe Wanderers
Conference League Cup winners	Northwich Victoria
Relegated to Level 6	Boston United, Farnborough Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1291 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Leworthy (Farnborough Town), 32
Biggest home win	Dagenham & Redbridge – Merthyr Tydfil 6–1 (6 Apr 1993); Farnborough Town – Gateshead 6–1 (22 Aug 1992); Kettering Town – Slough Town 5–0 (3 Nov 1992); Telford United – Merthyr Tydfil 5–0 (12 Aor 1993); Welling United – Merthyr Tydfil 5–0 (21 Nov 1992)
Biggest away win	Stalybridge Celtic – Northwich Victoria 0–6 (2 Jan 1993)
Highest scoring	Telford United – Farnborough Town 6–3 (12 Sep 1992)
Longest winning run	Wycombe Wanderers, 9 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Wycombe Wanderers, 10 matches
Longest losing run	Northwich Victoria, Telford United, 6 matches
Highest attendance	Wycombe Wanderers v Slough Town, 7,230 (23 Mar 1993)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,229 (+ 1% compared to previous season)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Altrincham

Bath City

Boston United

Bromsgrove

Dagenham & R

Farnborough

Gateshead

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Macclesfield

Merthyr Tydfil

Northwich Victoria

Runcorn

Slough Town

Stafford

Stalybridge

Telford

Welling

Witton Albion

Woking

Wycombe

Yeovil Town

Locations of the Football Conference 1992–93 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Welling

Locations of the Football Conference teams 1992–1993

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Wycombe Wanderers	42		13	5	3	46	16		11	6	4	38	21		84	37	+ 47		83
2	Bromsgrove Rovers	42		9	7	5	35	22		9	7	5	32	27		67	49	+ 18		68
3	Dagenham & Redbridge	42		10	5	6	48	29		9	6	6	27	18		75	47	+ 28		67	[notes 1]
4	Yeovil Town	42		13	5	3	42	21		5	7	9	17	28		59	49	+ 10		66
5	Slough Town	42		12	3	6	39	28		6	8	7	21	27		60	55	+ 5		65
6	Stafford Rangers	42		7	6	8	22	24		11	4	6	33	23		55	47	+ 8		64
7	Bath City	42		9	8	4	29	23		6	6	9	24	23		53	46	+ 7		59
8	Woking	42		9	2	10	30	33		8	6	7	28	29		58	62	– 4		59
9	Kidderminster Harriers	42		9	5	7	26	30		5	11	5	34	30		60	60	± 0		58
10	Altrincham	42		7	7	7	21	25		8	6	7	28	27		49	52	– 3		58
11	Northwich Victoria	42		5	6	10	24	29		11	2	8	44	26		68	55	+ 13		56
12	Stalybridge Celtic	42		7	10	4	25	26		6	7	8	23	29		48	55	– 7		56
13	Kettering Town	42		10	5	6	36	28		4	8	9	25	35		61	63	– 2		55
14	Gateshead	42		9	6	6	27	19		5	4	12	26	37		53	56	– 3		52
15	Telford United	42		9	5	7	31	24		5	5	11	24	36		55	60	– 5		52
16	Merthyr Tydfil	42		4	9	8	26	37		10	1	10	25	42		51	79	– 28		52
17	Witton Albion	42		5	9	7	30	34		6	8	7	32	31		62	65	– 3		50
18	Macclesfield Town	42		7	9	5	23	20		5	4	12	17	30		40	50	– 10		49
19	Runcorn	42		8	3	10	32	36		5	7	9	26	40		58	76	– 18		49
20	Welling United	42		8	6	7	34	37		4	6	11	23	35		57	72	– 15		48
21	Farnborough Town	42		8	5	8	34	36		4	6	11	34	51		68	87	– 19		47	Relegated to the Southern Premier League
22	Boston United	42		5	6	10	23	31		4	7	10	27	38		50	69	– 19		40	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. ^ Dagenham & Redbridge were deducted 1 point.

Key
	Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Third Division
	FA Trophy winners, see Wycombe Wanderers
	Conference League Cup winners
	New club in the Conference
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

Home \ Away1

ALT

BAT

BOS

BRO

D&R

FAR

GAT

KET

KID

MAC

MER

NOR

RUN

SLO

STF

STL

TEL

WEL

WTN

WOK

WYC

YEO

Altrincham

1–0

1–1

2–2

1–0

2–2

0–1

3–0

2–2

1–0

0–1

0–0

0–2

1–1

1–5

0–0

0–3

2–0

2–1

1–0

0–2

1–2

Bath City

3–0

2–1

0–3

2–1

5–2

1–1

0–0

2–1

0–0

1–3

0–5

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

4–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

Boston United

1–2

1–2

1–2

3–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

0–3

3–1

2–0

3–5

0–0

0–0

0–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

2–2

1–2

0–3

1–0

Bromsgrove Rovers

4–1

1–1

2–1

1–2

2–2

3–0

1–1

2–2

3–0

1–2

1–2

0–0

0–1

2–3

4–0

0–0

2–2

3–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

Dagenham & Redbridge

2–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

5–1

3–1

1–2

3–2

1–2

6–1

4–1

5–1

4–4

0–1

1–2

0–2

1–0

1–1

5–1

1–2

1–1

Farnborough Town

2–5

2–1

4–0

1–1

1–4

6–1

3–2

2–2

0–0

2–1

0–3

2–3

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–1

3–2

1–1

0–3

0–2

2–1

Gateshead

2–0

0–4

2–2

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

4–0

0–2

4–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–2

3–1

1–1

0–1

4–1

Kettering Town

1–1

0–1

3–3

3–2

0–0

2–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–3

2–1

3–3

5–0

2–0

2–0

1–1

2–4

2–1

0–1

0–4

3–0

Kidderminster Harriers

0–1

1–0

0–2

1–0

0–1

1–5

3–3

0–0

2–1

1–0

5–3

2–0

1–1

0–2

2–1

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–3

1–4

1–1

Macclesfield Town

1–1

1–0

2–1

0–2

1–1

1–2

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

4–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

Merthyr Tydfil

2–2

1–1

0–3

1–1

0–2

1–3

1–1

2–1

4–3

1–2

3–0

0–3

1–1

0–0

1–1

4–0

1–1

0–2

1–5

1–4

1–1

Northwich Victoria

1–2

3–1

3–3

0–1

1–1

3–0

0–0

2–2

0–1

1–3

1–2

3–2

0–1

1–2

1–3

1–0

1–1

1–3

1–0

0–0

0–1

Runcorn

0–1

1–3

1–2

2–1

1–0

1–4

4–2

2–2

0–0

1–2

2–3

0–1

0–3

0–2

2–1

3–1

3–0

4–4

2–3

2–1

1–0

Slough Town

1–4

1–1

3–0

1–3

2–0

3–1

1–0

3–0

3–1

2–1

2–1

0–4

1–1

2–1

2–3

2–0

4–2

2–3

0–1

1–1

3–0

Stafford Rangers

0–0

3–2

0–0

3–4

0–1

2–2

2–1

2–4

0–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

4–3

1–1

0–0

0–1

0–1

Stalybridge Celtic

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

0–3

2–0

2–1

0–0

2–2

2–1

2–2

0–6

0–0

0–0

1–0

3–3

0–0

1–2

3–0

2–2

1–1

Telford United

2–1

0–0

0–1

0–1

0–1

6–3

1–0

3–1

1–1

3–1

5–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

0–3

3–3

2–3

1–0

Welling United

2–0

0–3

2–2

4–2

0–2

3–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

5–0

1–5

3–2

2–1

1–2

1–4

1–3

2–2

1–1

2–2

0–3

Witton Albion

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–3

4–2

2–2

1–1

3–1

1–3

0–3

1–1

2–5

2–0

2–1

0–1

1–2

2–2

1–2

Woking

0–2

0–1

3–0

0–2

1–1

4–1

1–4

3–2

1–5

4–0

0–2

1–0

4–0

1–2

0–3

2–1

3–2

1–0

1–2

0–3

0–0

Wycombe Wanderers

0–2

2–0

3–3

4–0

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

4–0

1–0

5–1

1–0

2–2

4–0

4–0

3–0

2–1

0–0

5–1

Yeovil Town

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–2

0–3

5–2

1–3

2–1

2–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

4–0

5–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

4–1

3–0

Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. Headline, 1993.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

• Wycombe Wanderers (to the Football League Third Division)
• Southport (from the Northern Premier League)
• Dover Athletic (from the Southern Premier League)

Relegated

• Halifax Town (from the Football League Third Division)
• Boston United (to the Northern Premier League)
• Farnborough Town (to the Southern Premier League)

Topscorers in Order of League Goals^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	League	FA Cup	FA Trophy	League Cup	Total
1	David Leworthy	Farnborough Town	32	1	5	1	39
2	Mark Whitehouse	Bromsgrove Rovers	23	0	2	1	26
3	Malcolm O'Connor	Northwich Victoria	21	2	1	3	27
4	Keith Scott	Wycombe Wanderers	20	1	5	2	28
5	Paul Cavell	Dagenham & Redbridge	19	8	1	1	29
=	Terry Robbins	Welling United	19	1	2	1	23
=	Andy Sayer	Slough Town	19	1	1	0	21
=	Karl Thomas	Witton Albion	19	0	3	0	22
9	Gary Abbott	Welling United	17	0	1	1	19
10	Phil Brown	Kettering Town	16	2	0	0	18
=	Gary Jones	Boston United	16	2	5	1	24
=	Mickey Spencer	Yeovil Town	16	2	1	2	21
13	Tony Hemmings	Northwich Victoria	15	1	0	4	20
=	Alan Lamb	Gateshead	15	7	1	0	23

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. Headline, 1993.

External links

• 1992-93 Conference National Results