1999–2000 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1999–2000 was the twenty-first season of the Football Conference, also known as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Changes since the previous season

• Altrincham (promoted 1998–99)
• Nuneaton Borough (promoted 1998–99)
• Scarborough (relegated from the Football League 1998–99)
• Sutton United (promoted 1998–99)

Final League Table^[1]

Football Conference

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Kidderminster Harriers (2nd Football Conference title)
Direct promotion	Kidderminster Harriers
Conference League Cup winners	Doncaster Rovers
FA Trophy winners	Kingstonian (2nd FA Trophy title), 2nd successive
Relegated to Level 6	Altrincham, Sutton United, Welling United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1228 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Justin Jackson (Morecambe), 29
Biggest home win	Rushden & Diamonds – Northwich Victoria 6–0 (29 Jan 2000)
Biggest away win	Hayes – Rushden & Diamonds 0–5 (4 Dec 1999)
Highest scoring	Morecambe – Sutton 6–2 (4 Dec 1999); Telford – Hednesford 6–2 (3 Jan 2000); Hereford – Doncaster 5–3 (4 Sep 1999); Hereford – Scarborough 4–4 (2 Oct 1999); Rushden & Diamonds – Kidderminster 5–3 (21 Sep 1999); Northwich Victoria – Kettering Town 2–6 (24 Apr 2000)
Longest winning run	Kidderminster Harriers, Southport, Stevenage Borough, 6 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Morecambe, 17 matches
Longest losing run	Sutton, 7 matches
Highest attendance	Kidderminster Harriers v Rushden & Diamonds, 6,250 (8 Apr 2000)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,619 (– 0.47 compared to the previous season)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Sutton

Nuneaton

Altrincham

Doncaster

Dover

Forest Green Rovers

Hednesford

Hayes

Hereford United

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Kingstonian

Morecambe

Northwich Victoria

Rushden & Diamonds

Scarborough

Southport

Stevenage

Telford

Welling

Woking

Yeovil Town

Locations of the Football Conference 1999–2000 teams

Hayes

Kingstonian

Sutton

Welling

Locations of the Football Conference London teams 1999–2000

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Kidderminster Harriers	42		16	3	2	47	16		10	4	7	28	24		75	40	+ 35		85
2	Rushden & Diamonds	42		11	8	2	37	18		10	5	6	34	24		71	42	+ 29		76
3	Morecambe	42		10	7	4	46	29		8	9	4	24	19		70	48	+ 22		70
4	Scarborough	42		10	6	5	36	14		9	6	6	24	21		60	35	+ 25		69
5	Kingstonian	42		9	4	8	30	24		11	3	7	28	20		58	44	+ 14		67
6	Dover Athletic	42		10	7	4	43	26		8	5	8	22	30		65	56	+ 9		66
7	Yeovil Town	42		11	4	6	37	28		7	6	8	23	35		60	63	–		64
8	Hereford United	42		9	6	6	43	31		6	8	7	18	21		61	52	+ 9		59
9	Southport	42		10	5	6	31	21		5	8	8	24	35		55	56	– 1		58
10	Stevenage Borough	42		8	5	8	26	20		8	4	9	34	34		60	54	+ 6		57
11	Hayes	42		7	3	11	24	28		9	5	7	33	30		57	58	– 1		56
12	Doncaster Rovers	42		7	5	9	19	21		8	4	9	27	27		46	48	– 2		54
13	Kettering Town	42		8	10	3	25	19		4	6	11	19	31		44	50	– 6		52
14	Woking	42		5	6	10	17	27		8	7	6	28	26		45	53	– 8		52
15	Nuneaton Borough	42		7	6	8	28	25		5	9	7	21	28		49	53	– 4		51
16	Telford United	42		12	4	5	34	21		2	5	14	22	45		56	66	– 10		51
17	Hednesford Town	42		10	3	8	27	23		5	3	13	18	45		45	68	– 23		51
18	Northwich Victoria	42		10	8	3	33	25		3	4	14	20	53		53	78	– 25		51
19	Forest Green Rovers	42		11	2	8	35	23		2	6	13	19	40		54	63	– 9		47
20	Welling United	42		6	5	10	27	32		7	3	11	27	34		54	66	– 12		47	Relegated to the Southern Premier League
21	Altrincham	42		6	8	7	31	26		3	11	7	20	34		51	60	– 9		46	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22	Sutton United	42		4	8	9	23	32		4	2	15	16	43		39	75	– 36		34	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 Division Three
	FA Trophy winners
	Conference League Cup winners
	Relegated from the The Football League
	New club in the Conference, see also Cheltenham Town
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

Home \ Away1

ALT

DON

DOV

FGR

HAY

HED

HER

KET

KID

KIN

MOR

NOR

NUN

R&D

SCA

SOU

STB

SUT

TEL

WEL

WOK

YEO

Altrincham

1–2

3–0

1–1

1–2

0–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–3

2–2

2–0

2–2

1–2

2–1

3–0

0–1

3–0

3–3

0–1

1–1

2–2

Doncaster Rovers

0–1

0–1

3–2

0–0

2–1

2–2

2–1

1–2

1–0

0–1

2–0

0–1

0–1

0–1

1–1

1–2

1–0

2–0

1–1

0–0

0–3

Dover Athletic

2–2

1–3

4–0

2–2

4–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

0–1

3–1

4–1

3–1

0–4

1–1

1–1

4–2

1–1

3–0

2–1

2–2

3–0

Forest Green Rovers

1–1

1–0

3–1

0–1

3–0

0–1

2–0

3–2

0–3

1–2

4–1

1–2

1–0

0–1

1–0

3–2

1–2

5–2

1–2

0–0

3–0

Hayes

1–1

3–4

1–2

3–0

2–1

0–0

0–1

2–0

1–2

0–1

2–1

3–0

0–5

0–1

0–2

1–2

1–0

1–2

1–0

0–0

2–3

Hednesford Town

5–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–2

2–3

1–3

1–0

0–0

1–2

0–3

1–2

2–2

1–0

2–1

0–1

3–0

1–0

Hereford United

2–2

5–3

2–0

1–0

0–2

3–0

4–2

1–1

0–2

1–1

3–0

1–1

4–0

4–4

2–1

1–2

4–1

2–2

1–2

2–4

0–1

Kettering Town

0–0

2–2

1–2

1–0

1–1

4–2

2–0

3–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

Kidderminster Harriers

1–1

1–0

1–2

3–3

2–1

3–0

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

3–1

1–2

2–0

2–0

5–0

3–1

1–0

2–0

4–1

3–2

4–0

Kingstonian

2–2

0–1

4–1

0–1

1–3

0–2

0–0

2–0

0–1

0–0

3–3

2–0

0–1

2–0

4–2

1–0

4–2

4–2

1–0

0–2

0–1

Morecambe

3–3

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–4

4–0

3–2

2–1

0–1

1–2

5–0

1–1

0–0

0–1

3–3

3–3

6–2

5–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

Northwich Victoria

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

0–0

3–2

0–0

2–6

1–1

0–3

0–0

3–1

2–1

2–0

0–1

3–3

2–0

2–1

3–2

3–1

3–0

Nuneaton Borough

3–1

0–0

0–2

2–3

2–1

3–0

0–1

0–1

2–3

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

0–1

2–0

1–1

4–3

0–1

1–1

Rushden & Diamonds

1–0

0–0

1–1

3–2

1–0

1–1

0–0

Scarborough

1–0

0–0

1–2

5–0

4–1

1–1

3–0

0–0

0–0

0–1

0–2

3–0

1–1

0–1

3–0

1–3

3–0

2–0

0–0

3–2

5–0

Southport

2–0

1–0

1–2

2–1

4–1

2–0

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–1

2–2

2–1

1–1

1–3

3–2

4–1

1–1

Stevenage Borough

1–1

3–0

3–1

1–1

3–0

0–1

0–3

3–0

0–2

0–1

1–2

3–1

2–1

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–1

0–1

0–0

Sutton United

3–0

1–0

0–1

3–2

2–2

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–3

2–2

0–1

2–2

1–2

0–4

1–2

1–1

0–2

2–1

2–3

1–1

0–1

Telford United

0–1

0–2

1–1

2–0

1–2

6–2

1–1

3–1

3–2

1–0

3–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

1–2

3–1

Welling United

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–2

3–1

1–0

1–2

0–1

0–0

1–3

0–0

0–3

2–1

4–1

2–1

2–3

2–0

1–2

2–5

Woking

0–1

1–3

2–0

2–1

0–3

0–1

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–3

0–2

0–0

0–2

1–2

1–0

2–3

2–0

Yeovil Town

3–0

1–3

1–1

1–0

2–4

3–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

3–2

2–0

3–2

1–3

5–1

1–2

1–1

2–2

1–2

2–1

1–1

0–3

Source: Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2000–2001. Headline, 2000.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers in Order of League Goals^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	League	FA Cup	FA Trophy	League Cup	Total
1	Justin Jackson	Morecambe	29	1	1	0	31
2	Carl Alford	Stevenage Borough	24	0	1	1	26
3	Neil Davis	Hednesford	18	1	2	0	21
4	Lee Furlong	Southport	17
5	Joff Vansittart	Dover Athletic	15	0	4	0	19
6	Ian Arnold	Southport	14	1	3	0	18
=	Kevin Ellison	Altrincham	14	1	0	0	15
8	Steve Brodie	Scarborough	13	0	2	1	16
=	Lee Charles	Hayes	13	5	0	0	18
=	Robin Elmes	Hereford United	13	1	1	0	15
=	Paul Fewings	Hereford United	13	2	0	0	15
=	Warren Patmore	Yeovil Town	13	0	2	2	17
13	Nassim Akrour	Woking	12	0	3	2	17
=	Stewart Hadley	Kidderminster Harriers	12	0	0	0	12
=	Ritchie Hanlon	Welling United	12	0	1	1	4
=	Richard Landon	Welling United	12	1	1	0	14
=	David Leworthy	Kingstonian	12	2	2	1	17
=	Marc McGregor	Forest Green Rovers	12	1	1	0	14
=	Val Owen	Northwich Victoria	12	1	0	0	13
20	Darren Collins	Rushden & Diamonds	11	2	2	0	15
=	Phil Eastwood	Morecambe	11	0	2	0	13
=	Lee Elam	Southport	11	0	1	0	12
=	Mike McElhatton	Rushden & Diamonds	11	2	0	0	13
=	Zeke Rowe	Welling United	11	0	0	0	11
=	Dave Stevens	Hayes	11	0	0	0	11
=	Mark Watson	Sutton	11	0	1	0	12

• Footballtransfers.co.uk, thefootballarchives.com and Soccerbase contain information on many players
  on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2000–2001. Headline, 2000.

External links

• Official Football Conference Website
• 1999-00 Conference National Results