2000–01 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 2000–01 was the twenty-second season of the Football Conference, also known as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Changes since the previous season

• Boston United (promoted 1999–2000)
• Chester City (relegated from the Football League 1999–2000)
• Dagenham & Redbridge (promoted 1999–2000)
• Leigh RMI (promoted 1999–2000)

Final League Table^[1]

Football Conference

Season	2000–01
Champions	Rushden & Diamonds (1st Football Conference title)
Direct promotion	Rushden & Diamonds
Conference League Cup winners	Chester City
FA Trophy winners	Canvey Island (Isthmian League) (1st FA Trophy title)
Relegated to Level 6	Hednesford, Kettering Town, Kingstonian
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1256 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Duane Darby (Rushden & Diamonds), 24
Biggest home win	Hednesford – Northwich Victoria 7–1 (2 Sep 2000)
Biggest away win	Kingstonian – Morecambe 1–6 (10 Mar 2000)
Highest scoring	Leigh RMI – Nuneaton 6–2 (3 Mar 2001); Boston – Hereford 5–3 (5 May 2001); Stevenage – Telford United 5–3 (30 Sep 2000); Forest Green Rovers – Dagenham & Redbridge 4–4 (16 Sep 2000); Morecambe – Scarborough 4–4 (16 Dec 2000); Woking– Dagenham & Redbridge 4–4 (14 Apr 2001)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	Yeovil Town v Rushden & Diamonds, 8,868 (21 Apr 2001)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,553 (– 4% compared to the previous season)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Boston United

Chester

Dagenham & R

Doncaster

Dover

Forest Green Rovers

Hednesford

Hayes

Hereford United

Kettering Town

Kingstonian

Leigh RMI

Morecambe

Northwich Victoria

Nuneaton

Rushden & Diamonds

Scarborough

Southport

Stevenage

Telford

Woking

Yeovil Town

Locations of the Football Conference 2000–2001 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Hayes

Kingstonian

Locations of the Football Conference London teams 2000–2001

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Rushden & Diamonds	42		14	6	1	41	13		11	5	5	37	23		78	36	+ 42		86
2	Yeovil Town	42		14	3	4	41	17		10	5	6	32	33		73	50	+ 23		80
3	Dagenham & Redbridge	42		13	4	4	39	19		10	4	7	32	35		71	54	+ 17		77
4	Southport	42		9	5	7	33	24		11	4	6	25	22		58	46	+ 12		69
5	Leigh RMI	42		11	5	5	38	24		8	6	7	25	33		63	57	+ 6		68
6	Telford United	42		13	1	7	33	23		6	7	8	18	28		51	51	± 0		65
7	Stevenage Borough	42		8	7	6	36	33		7	11	3	35	28		71	61	+ 10		63
8	Chester City	42		9	8	4	29	19		7	6	8	20	24		49	43	+ 6		62
9	Doncaster Rovers	42		11	5	5	28	17		4	8	9	19	26		47	43	+ 4		58
10	Scarborough	42		7	9	5	29	25		7	7	7	27	29		56	54	+ 2		58
11	Hereford United	42		6	12	3	27	19		8	3	10	33	27		60	46	+ 14		57
12	Boston United	42		10	7	4	43	28		3	10	8	31	35		74	63	+ 11		56
13	Nuneaton Borough	42		9	5	7	35	26		4	10	7	25	34		60	60	± 0		54
14	Woking	42		5	10	6	30	30		8	5	8	22	27		52	57	– 5		54
15	Dover Athletic	42		9	6	6	32	22		5	5	11	22	34		54	56	– 2		53
16	Forest Green Rovers	42		6	9	6	28	28		5	6	10	15	26		43	54	– 11		48
17	Northwich Victoria	42		8	7	6	31	24		3	6	12	18	43		49	67	– 18		46
18	Hayes	42		5	6	10	22	31		7	4	10	22	40		44	71	– 27		46
19	Morecambe	42		8	5	8	35	29		3	7	11	29	37		64	66	– 2		45
20	Kettering Town	42		5	5	11	23	31		6	5	10	23	31		46	62	– 16		43	Relegated to the Southern Premier League
21	Kingstonian	42		3	5	13	19	40		5	5	11	28	33		47	73	– 26		34	Relegated to the Isthmian League
22	Hednesford Town	42		2	6	13	24	38		3	7	11	22	48		46	86	– 40		28	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 Division Three
	FA Trophy winners, Canvey Island (Isthmian League)
	Conference League Cup winners
	Relegated from the Football League, see Chester City
	New club in the Conference
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

Home \ Away1

BOS

CHE

D&R

DON

DOV

FGR

HAY

HED

HER

KET

KIN

LEI

MOR

NOR

NUN

R&D

SCA

SOU

STB

TEL

WOK

YEO

Boston United

0–0

5–1

3–1

1–2

0–0

0–1

3–4

5–3

4–3

2–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

4–1

1–1

2–2

1–0

3–3

2–1

0–0

4–1

Chester City

2–2

1–1

3–0

1–0

0–1

0–0

0–1

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

4–0

1–2

3–2

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–3

2–1

Dagenham & Redbridge

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

3–1

2–0

6–1

2–1

5–1

1–2

2–1

3–2

1–0

1–1

0–2

1–0

0–1

3–0

0–0

1–2

2–0

Doncaster Rovers

4–2

1–0

1–0

1–1

3–0

0–0

3–1

2–1

0–0

0–2

4–0

1–0

0–2

1–1

3–2

0–2

1–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

2–0

Dover Athletic

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

4–1

4–0

1–0

1–0

1–3

1–2

2–2

3–0

2–1

4–1

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–3

0–0

1–1

Forest Green Rovers

0–3

1–1

4–4

2–2

2–1

1–2

0–2

1–1

3–2

3–1

3–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–0

2–3

2–0

2–3

1–1

0–0

0–1

Hayes

1–1

1–3

4–1

0–3

3–2

1–0

1–1

0–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

2–2

0–0

0–3

0–1

1–0

0–1

0–1

1–2

2–3

Hednesford Town

2–4

0–0

0–2

2–4

0–0

1–1

1–3

0–3

1–2

3–2

1–2

0–0

7–1

0–3

2–3

0–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–2

Hereford United

1–1

2–0

0–1

0–1

4–2

3–1

3–2

1–1

0–0

0–0

1–1

2–2

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

2–0

0–1

2–2

Kettering Town

2–2

4–0

0–0

0–0

0–2

1–3

0–2

2–0

0–2

3–1

0–1

1–5

2–3

1–2

Kingstonian

0–0

1–3

2–3

1–1

0–0

0–1

0–1

1–0

0–3

0–1

0–2

1–6

1–0

2–2

2–4

2–2

3–1

0–2

0–1

0–3

3–4

Leigh RMI

2–2

0–1

1–2

0–1

2–1

1–1

4–0

2–2

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

3–0

6–2

1–0

2–0

2–2

1–4

1–1

2–0

2–3

Morecambe

2–0

0–2

2–3

2–1

1–2

0–2

4–0

0–0

1–1

0–2

3–2

1–2

4–0

4–2

2–1

4–4

1–3

1–2

0–0

3–0

0–0

Northwich Victoria

0–3

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

3–4

2–2

1–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

1–0

2–2

0–0

3–0

0–2

3–2

0–1

4–0

1–2

Nuneaton Borough

3–1

1–2

2–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–1

5–1

1–2

1–1

2–1

2–1

5–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

1–2

0–3

1–1

1–1

0–2

Rushden & Diamonds

0–0

2–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

0–0

4–0

5–1

1–0

Scarborough

2–2

0–2

0–1

3–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

0–0

2–4

0–1

1–0

1–1

2–2

4–0

0–0

0–3

1–1

2–2

1–1

3–2

2–2

Southport

3–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–0

2–0

1–1

2–3

2–2

1–2

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–3

3–1

2–2

3–0

0–1

3–0

Stevenage Borough

3–2

1–2

0–2

0–0

1–1

3–1

3–3

4–1

2–1

2–0

2–5

3–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

0–2

1–1

1–3

5–3

0–3

0–0

Telford United

3–2

3–0

0–1

1–0

0–2

1–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

0–1

2–1

2–0

2–3

2–1

1–2

1–0

2–3

2–2

3–1

1–2

Woking

1–1

1–0

4–4

1–1

4–1

2–0

1–2

1–1

0–3

1–1

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

0–2

1–4

1–1

1–2

1–1

3–0

2–3

Yeovil Town

2–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

4–0

2–0

3–0

4–2

2–3

2–0

3–1

6–1

3–2

1–0

0–0

0–0

0–1

0–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

Source: Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2001–2002. Headline, 2001.
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	Duane Darby	Rushden & Diamonds	24	0	3	0	27
2	Steve Jones	Leigh RMI	19	1	0	1	21
3	Warren Patmore	Yeovil Town	18	3	0	1	22
=	Justin Jackson	Rushden & Diamonds	18	1	1	0	20
5	Darran Hay	Stevenage Borough	15	0	1	0	16
6	Rob Elmes	Hereford United	14	0	4	0	18
7	Alex Meechan	Forest Green Rovers	13	0	5	0	18
=	Ken Charlery	Boston United	13	3	1	0	17
=	Marc McGregor	Nuneaton Borough	13	1	0	2	16
=	Ian Arnold	Southport	13	1	1	0	15
=	Dave Ridings	Leigh RMI	13	0	0	1	14
=	Simon Parke	Southport	13	0	0	0	13
=	Charlie Griffin	Woking	13	0	0	0	13
14	Mark Beesley	Chester City	12	1	1	3	17
=	Tony Black	Leigh RMI	12	3	1	1	17
=	Darren Collins	Kettering Town	12	2	0	0	14
=	Gary Paterson	Doncaster Rovers	12	1	0	0	13
=	Joff Vansittart	Dover Athletic	12	0	0	0	12
19	Neil Illman	Stevenage Borough	11	0	4	2	17
=	Rocky Baptiste	Hayes	11	0	0	0	11
=	Dale Watkins	Kettering Town	11	0	0	0	11
=	Jon Brady	Rushden & Diamonds	11	0	0	0	11

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  on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2001–2002. Headline, 2001.

External links

• Official Football Conference Website
• 2000-01 Conference National Results