- 2001–02 Football Conference
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The 2001–02 Football Conference season was the twenty-third season of the Football Conference, also known as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.
Contents
Changes since the previous season
- Barnet (relegated from the Football League 2000–01)
- Farnborough Town (promoted 2000–01)
- Margate (promoted 2000–01)
- Stalybridge Celtic (promoted 2000–01)
Overview
The manager of Boston United, Steve Evans, and former chairman, Pat Malkinson, were charged with breaking the Football Association’s rules over the registration of players. Both men received bans from the FA, and the club were fined and docked four points from their first season in the League. This angered some, especially the Conference runners up Dagenham & Redbridge, who believed that any points deduction should have applied to the previous season, which would have meant Dagenham being promoted instead.
Final League Table[1]
Football Conference Season 2001–02 [1] Champions Boston United (1st Football Conference title) Direct promotion Boston United Conference League Cup winners Competition not held FA Trophy winners Yeovil Town (1st FA Trophy title) Relegated to Level 6 Dover Athletic,
Hayes,
Stalybridge CelticMatches played 462 Goals scored 1289 (2.79 per match) Top goalscorer Daryl Clare ( Boston United), 24
Mark Stein (Dagenham & Redbridge), 24Biggest home win Margate – Stalybridge Celtic 8–0 (27 Apr 2002) Biggest away win Dagenham & Redbridge – Telford 1–5 (22 Dec 2001);
Hayes – Doncaster 1–5 (15 Sep 2001);
Morecambe – Yeovil 1–5 (9 Feb 2002);
Hayes – Yeovil 0–4 (26 Jan 2002);
Stalybridge Celtic – Chester 0–4 (9 Mar 2002)Highest scoring Margate – Stalybridge Celtic 8–0 (27 Apr 2002) Longest winning run ? Longest unbeaten run ? Longest losing run ? Highest attendance Yeovil Town v Boston United, 5,061 (26 Mar 2002) Lowest attendance ? Average attendance 1,370 (– 12% compared with the previous season) ← 2000–012002–03 →
FarnboroughLeigh RMINuneatonLocations of the Football Conference 2001–2002 teamsLocations of the Football Conference London teams 2001–2002Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes 1 Boston United 42 12 5 4 53 24 13 4 4 31 18 84 42 + 42 84 [notes 1] 2 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 13 6 2 35 20 11 6 4 35 27 70 47 + 23 84 3 Yeovil Town 42 6 7 8 27 30 13 6 2 39 23 66 53 + 13 70 4 Doncaster Rovers 42 11 6 4 41 23 7 7 7 27 23 68 46 + 22 67 5 Barnet 42 10 4 7 30 19 9 6 6 34 29 64 48 + 16 67 6 Morecambe 42 12 5 4 30 27 5 6 10 33 40 63 67 – 4 62 7 Farnborough Town 42 11 3 7 38 23 7 4 10 28 31 66 54 + 12 61 8 Margate 42 7 9 5 33 22 7 7 7 26 31 59 53 + 6 58 9 Telford United 42 8 6 7 34 31 6 9 6 29 27 63 58 + 5 57 10 Nuneaton Borough 42 9 3 9 33 27 7 6 8 24 30 57 57 ± 0 57 11 Stevenage Borough 42 10 4 7 36 30 5 6 10 21 30 57 60 – 3 55 12 Scarborough 42 9 6 6 27 22 5 8 8 28 41 55 63 – 8 55 [notes 2] 13 Northwich Victoria 42 9 4 8 32 34 7 3 11 25 36 57 70 – 13 55 14 Chester City 42 7 7 7 26 23 8 2 11 28 28 54 51 +3 54 15 Southport 42 9 6 6 40 26 4 8 9 13 23 53 49 + 4 53 16 Leigh RMI 42 6 4 11 29 29 9 5 8 27 29 56 58 – 2 53 17 Hereford United 42 9 6 6 28 15 5 4 12 22 38 50 53 – 3 52 18 Forest Green Rovers 42 7 7 7 28 32 5 8 8 26 44 54 76 – 22 51 19 Woking 42 7 5 9 28 29 6 4 11 31 41 59 70 – 11 48 20 Hayes 42 6 2 13 27 45 7 3 11 26 35 53 80 – 27 44 Relegated to the Isthmian League 21 Stalybridge Celtic 42 7 6 8 26 32 4 4 13 14 37 40 69 – 29 43 Relegated to the Northern Premier League 22 Dover Athletic 42 6 5 10 20 25 5 1 15 21 40 41 65 – 24 39 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.
- ^ Boston United were charged with breaking the Football Association's rules over the registration of players. The club was fined and docked four points from their first season in the League.
- ^ Scarborough had 1 point deduted for breach of a rule.
Key Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Division Three FA Trophy winners Conference League Cup; competition not held Relegated from the The Football League New club in the Conference, see also Stalybridge Celtic Relegated to Level 6 Results[1]
Home \ Away1 BRN BOS CHE D&R DON DOV FAR FGR HAY HER LEI MAR MOR NOR NUN SCA SOU STL STB TEL WOK YEO Barnet 0–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 Boston United 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–2 4–0 6–1 4–1 3–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 Chester City 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 5–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–5 3–1 1–1 Doncaster Rovers 2–3 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 5–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 Dover Athletic 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 Farnborough Town 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 4–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 6–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 Forest Green Rovers 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–4 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 Hayes 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–4 1–5 2–1 0–3 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–4 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 4–1 0–4 Hereford United 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 6–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 Leigh RMI 3–3 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–4 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 Margate 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 8–0 2–1 3–1 4–3 0–1 Morecambe 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–5 Northwich Victoria 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 4–3 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–3 Nuneaton Borough 2–3 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 Scarborough 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–5 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 Southport 0–1 2–3 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–5 5–1 2–3 1–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 Stalybridge Celtic 1–1 2–1 0–4 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 4–3 1–1 4–2 2–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 Stevenage Borough Telford United 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–4 1–1 4–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–3 2–2 Woking 1–3 0–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 4–0 3–2 3–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 Yeovil Town 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 Source: Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2002–2003. Headline, 2002
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 LDV Total 1 
Daryl ClareBoston United 24 0 = 
Mark SteinDagenham & Redbridge 24 0 3 
Ken CharleryDagenham & Redbridge 17 1 = Mark CooperForest Green Rovers 17 0 5 Mark BeesleyChester City 16 0 = Gregg BlundellNorthwich Victoria 16 0 = Leon BraithwaiteMargate 16 0 = Simon ParkeSouthport 16 0 9 Lenny PiperFarnborough Town 15 0 = Robbie TalbotMorecambe 15 0 = Michael TwissLeigh RMI 15 0 12 
Jamie PatersonDoncaster Rovers 14 0 13 Dean ClarkHayes 13 0 = Mark QuayleTelford United 13 0 = 
Dino MaamriaLeigh RMI 12 1 = Ian Hodges Hayes 12 0 = Darren Stamp Scarborough 12 0 = Joff VansittartFarnborough Town 12 0 = Simon WeatherstoneBoston United 12 0 20 Warren PatmoreWoking 11 0 - Footballtransfers.co.uk, thefootballarchives.com and Soccerbase contain information on many players
on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.
References
- ^ a b c d Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2002–2003. Headline, 2002.
External links
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