1990–91 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1990–91 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth season of the Football Conference.

1 Overview
2 New teams in the league this season
3 Final league table^[1]
4 Results^[1]
5 Top scorers in order of league goals^[1]
6 References
7 Promotion and relegation
- 7.1 Promoted
- 7.2 Relegated
8 External links

Overview

Barnet finished the season as Conference champions and were promoted to the Football League Fourth Division, finishing narrowly ahead of Colchester United, who had been relegated to the Conference a year earlier.

There was no relegation from the Fourth Division to the Conference this year, due to expansion of the Football League.

New teams in the league this season

Bath City (promoted 1989–90)
Colchester United (relegated from the Football League 1989–90)
Gateshead (promoted 1989–90)
Slough Town (promoted 1989–90)

Final league table^[1]

Football Conference
Season	1990–91 ^[1]
Champions	Barnet (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League	Barnet
Conference League Cup winners	Sutton United
Relegated to Level 6	Fisher Athletic, Sutton United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1364 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Bull (Barnet), 30
Biggest home win	Altrincham – Merthyr Tydfil 9–2 (16 Feb 1991); Barnet – Fisher Athletic 8–1 (16 Oct 1990); Merthyr Tydfil – Fisher Athletic 7–0 (24 Nov 1990)
Biggest away win	Gateshead – Sutton 0–9 (22 Sep 1990)
Highest scoring	Altrincham – Merthyr Tydfil 9–0 (16 Feb 1991); Barnet – Fisher Athletic 8–1 (16 Oct 1990); Yeovil Town –Slough Town 7–2 (6 Apr 1991); Welling United – Northwich Victoria 4–5 (29 Sep 1990); Gateshead – Sutton 0–9 (22 Sep 1990)
Longest winning run	Barnet, Kettering Town, 7 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Altrincham, 28 matches
Longest losing run	Yeovil Town, 7 matches
Highest attendance	Colchester United v Altrincham, 7,221 (20 Apr 1991)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,415 (– 0,09% compared to previous season)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Kidderminster Harriers

Locations of the Football Conference teams 1990–1991

Locations of the Football Conference teams 1990–1991

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Barnet	42	13	4	4	50	23	13	5	3	53	29	103	52	+ 51	87
2	Colchester United	42	16	4	1	41	13	9	6	6	27	22	68	35	+ 33	85
3	Altrincham	42	12	6	3	48	22	11	7	3	39	24	87	46	+ 41	82
4	Kettering Town	42	12	6	3	38	19	11	5	5	29	26	67	45	+ 22	80
5	Wycombe Wanderers	42	15	3	3	46	17	6	8	7	29	29	75	46	+ 29	74
6	Telford United	42	11	3	7	30	21	9	4	8	32	31	62	52	+ 10	67
7	Macclesfield Town	42	11	4	6	38	22	6	8	7	25	30	63	52	+ 11	63
8	Runcorn	42	12	4	5	44	29	4	6	11	25	38	69	67	+ 2	58
9	Merthyr Tydfil	42	9	5	7	37	24	7	4	11	25	37	62	61	+ 1	57
10	Barrow	42	10	8	3	34	24	5	4	12	25	41	59	65	– 6	57
11	Welling United	42	7	10	4	33	27	6	5	10	22	30	55	57	– 2	54
12	Northwich Victoria	42	8	7	6	33	30	5	6	10	32	45	65	75	– 10	52
13	Kidderminster Harriers	42	8	5	8	33	30	6	5	10	23	37	56	67	– 11	52
14	Yeovil Town	42	9	5	7	38	29	4	6	11	20	29	58	58	± 0	50
15	Stafford Rangers	42	7	9	5	30	26	5	5	11	18	25	48	51	– 3	50
16	Cheltenham Town	42	8	6	7	29	25	4	6	11	25	47	54	72	– 18	48
17	Gateshead	42	10	3	8	32	38	4	3	14	20	54	52	92	– 40	48
18	Boston United	42	9	4	8	40	31	3	7	11	15	38	55	69	– 14	47
19	Slough Town	42	9	4	8	31	29	4	2	15	20	51	51	80	– 29	45
20	Bath City	42	9	4	8	39	27	1	8	12	16	34	55	61	– 6	42
21	Sutton United	42	6	6	9	29	33	4	3	14	33	49	62	82	– 20	39	Relegated to the Isthmian League
22	Fisher Athletic	42	3	9	9	22	30	2	6	13	16	49	38	79	– 41	30	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 Fourth Division
	FA Trophy winners
	Conference League Cup winners, see Sutton United
	Relegated from the The Football League
	New club in the Conference
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

Home \ Away¹	ALT	BRN	BRW	BAT	BOS	CHL	COL	FIS	GAT	KET	KID	MAC	MER	NOR	RUN	SLO	STF	SUT	TEL	WEL	WYC	YEO
Altrincham		4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	3–2	1–2	5–2	9–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–2
Barnet	0–0		3–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–3	8–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	6–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0
Barrow	1–0	4–2		1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0
Bath City	2–3	1–4	1–1		1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	3–3	4–1	0–2	0–0	4–1	6–1	4–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1
Boston United	2–6	1–3	0–2	3–0		2–1	1–3	4–1	5–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	4–0
Cheltenham Town	1–4	1–4	3–1	0–0	5–0		1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
Colchester United	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1		2–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–1
Fisher Athletic	0–0	2–4	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–0		0–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	5–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1
Gateshead	0–3	1–3	5–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	1–2	1–0		1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–4	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–9	5–1	0–3	2–1	1–1
Kettering Town	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	3–2	1–0		4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	5–2	2–5	0–0	0–1	1–1
Kidderminster Harriers	0–1	0–3	3–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	0–0	3–3	2–3	3–0		0–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–0
Macclesfield Town	0–1	3–2	3–0	3–1	2–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	0–0		0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1
Merthyr Tydfil	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	7–0	3–1	1–3	1–2	0–2		3–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–0	2–4	1–1
Northwich Victoria	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	5–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–3		1–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–4	1–2	1–1	2–0
Runcorn	1–3	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–3	5–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	1–2	2–1	2–1		3–1	1–0	5–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–3
Slough Town	3–3	1–3	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–4	2–1		2–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	3–3	2–0
Stafford Rangers	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–4		1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Sutton United	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–1	3–1	3–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	5–2	0–3		0–3	1–1	1–0	1–0
Telford United	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–2		2–1	1–0	1–2
Welling United	2–2	1–4	4–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–5	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1		1–1	0–3
Wycombe Wanderers	3–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	4–0	5–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	3–2	4–1		2–0
Yeovil Town	2–3	1–4	0–3	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	7–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–2

Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 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	Gary Bull	Barnet	30	2	0	0	32
2	Mark West	Wycombe Wanderers	24	6	3	0	33
3	Ken McKenna	Altrincham	22	3	3	2	30
4	Mark Carter	Barnet	19	0	1	1	21
=	Paul Randall	Bath City	19	0	3	0	22
6	Colin Cowperthwaite	Barrow	18	0	1	2	21
=	Terry Robbins	Welling United	18	2	0	1	21
8	Mario Walsh	Colchester United	17	0	1	0	18
9	Paul Cavell	Boston United	16	5	2	1	24
=	Nicky Evans	Barnet	16	5	0	0	21
11	Charlie Butler	Gateshead	15	0	0	1	16
=	Peter Howell	Kidderminster Harriers	15	0	4	1	20
13	John Askey	Macclesfield Town	14	0	0	0	14
=	John Brady	Altrincham	14	1	2	0	17
=	Kim Casey	Cheltenham Town	14	2	1	0	17

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

Barnet (to the Football League Fourth Division)
Farnborough Town (from the Southern Premier League)
Redbridge Forest (from the Isthmian League)
Witton Albion (from the Northern Premier League)

Relegated

Fisher Athletic (to the Southern Premier League)
Sutton United (to the Isthmian League)

External links

1990-91 Conference National Results

Football Conference

National

Clubs	Alfreton Town AFC Telford United Barrow Bath City Braintree Town Cambridge United Darlington Ebbsfleet United Fleetwood Town Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Hayes & Yeading United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Luton Town Mansfield Town Newport County Southport Stockport County Tamworth Wrexham York City

Grounds	Abbey Stadium Aggborough Blundell Park Bootham Crescent Cressing Road Darlington Arena Edgeley Park Field Mill Gateshead International Stadium Haig Avenue Highbury Stadium Holker Street Kenilworth Road Kingfield Lamb Ground Nene Park New Bucks Head New Lawn Newport Stadium North Street Racecourse Ground Sincil Bank Stonebridge Road Twerton Park