1994–95 Football Conference

The Vauxhall Conference season of 1994–95 was the sixteenth season of the Conference National.

Contents

Overview

Macclesfield Town finished the season as Conference champions, but failed to gain Football League status as their stadium failed to meet the capacity requirements. This meant that the bottom placed Third Division club, Exeter City, avoided relegation to the Conference.

New teams in the league this season

Final League Table[1]

Football Conference
Season 1994–95 [1]
Champions Macclesfield Town (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League None
Conference League Cup winners Bromsgrove Rovers
FA Trophy winners Woking (2nd year running)
Relegated to Level 6 Merthyr Tydfil,
Stafford Rangers,
Yeovil Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1348 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer Paul Dobson (Gateshead), 25
Biggest home win Halifax Town – Stafford Rangers 6–0 (5 Nov 1994)
Biggest away win Welling United – Bath City 1–5 (28 Jan 1995);
Welling United – Northwich Victoria 1–5 (19 Nov 1994);
Dagenham & Redbridge – Altrincham 0–4 (4 Feb 1995);
Dagenham & Redbridge – Macclesfield Town 0–4 (19 Nov 1994);
Farnborough Town – Runcorn 0–4 (24 Sep 1994);
Telford United – Dagenham & Redbridge 0–4 (18 Feb 1995)
Highest scoring Bromsgrove Rovers – Woking 5–5 (14 Jan 1995)
Longest winning run Macclesfield Town, 10 matches (Conference record)
Longest unbeaten run Macclesfield Town, 13 matches
Longest losing run Stafford Rangers, Yeovil Town, 6 matches
Highest attendance Kidderminster Harriers v Bromsgrove Rovers, 4,347 (26 Dec 1994)
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance 1,064
Locations of the Football Conference 1994–1995 teams
Locations of the Football Conference teams 1994–1995
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Macclesfield Town 42 14 3 4 39 18 10 5 6 31 22 70 40 + 30 80
2 Woking 42 11 8 2 46 23 10 4 7 30 31 76 54 + 22 75
3 Southport 42 13 4 4 46 21 8 5 8 22 29 68 50 + 18 72
4 Altrincham 42 10 3 8 34 27 10 5 6 43 33 77 60 + 17 68
5 Stevenage Borough 42 10 4 7 40 27 10 3 8 28 22 68 49 + 19 67
6 Kettering Town 42 12 5 4 40 25 7 5 9 33 31 73 56 + 17 67
7 Gateshead 42 12 4 5 28 13 7 6 8 33 40 61 53 + 8 67
8 Halifax Town 42 11 6 4 46 20 6 6 9 22 34 68 54 + 14 63
9 Runcorn 42 11 7 3 39 28 5 3 13 20 43 59 71 – 12 58
10 Northwich Victoria 42 7 8 6 39 30 7 7 7 38 36 77 66 + 11 57
11 Kidderminster Harriers 42 6 5 10 28 29 10 4 7 35 32 63 61 + 2 57
12 Bath City 42 10 6 5 35 26 5 6 10 20 30 55 56 – 1 57
13 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 9 7 5 42 35 5 6 10 24 34 66 69 – 3 55
14 Farnborough Town 42 8 5 8 23 31 7 5 9 22 33 45 64 – 19 55
15 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 8 5 8 28 32 5 8 8 28 37 56 69 – 13 52
16 Dover Athletic 42 6 10 5 28 25 5 6 10 20 30 48 55 – 7 49
17 Welling United 42 9 3 9 31 33 4 7 10 26 41 57 74 – 17 49
18 Stalybridge Celtic 42 9 6 6 29 27 2 8 11 23 45 52 72 – 20 47
19 Telford United 42 9 9 3 30 20 1 7 13 23 42 53 62 – 9 46
20 Merthyr Tydfil 42 10 4 7 37 27 1 7 13 16 36 53 63 – 10 44 Relegated to the Southern Premier League
21 Stafford Rangers 42 5 5 11 29 34 4 6 11 24 45 53 79 – 26 38 Relegated to the Southern Premier League
22 Yeovil Town [notes 1] 42 5 8 8 29 31 3 6 12 21 40 50 71 – 21 37 Relegated to the Isthmian League
  1. ^ Yeovil Town were deducted 1 point.
Key
Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League
FA Trophy winners
Conference League Cup winners
New club in the Conference
Relegated to Level 6

Results[1]

Home \ Away1 ALT BAT BRO D&R DOV FAR GAT HAL KET KID MAC MER NOR RUN SOU STF STL STB TEL WEL WOK YEO
Altrincham 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 2–4 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–3
Bath City 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–5 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–3 1–2 3–3 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
Bromsgrove Rovers 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–4 4–3 2–2 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 5–5 5–0
Dagenham & Redbridge 0–4 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 1–2 0–4 2–1 1–2 3–2 5–1 3–3 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 0–0
Dover Athletic 1–3 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–1
Farnborough Town 2–3 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–3 1–2 0–2 0–3
Gateshead 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–3
Halifax Town 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–1
Kettering Town 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–4 5–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 4–3 0–1 3–2
Kidderminster Harriers 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–0
Macclesfield Town 4–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0
Merthyr Tydfil 2–5 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–2 4–1 4–2 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–0
Northwich Victoria 1–1 1–1 3–1 5–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–2 3–4 1–3 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–2
Runcorn 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–3 3–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 2–1
Southport 1–4 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 5–0 4–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 5–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0
Stafford Rangers 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 5–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–3 4–1
Stalybridge Celtic 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–4 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–1
Stevenage Borough 4–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–3 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 4–3 1–2 0–1 5–0
Telford United 2–3 3–0 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 0–0 1–0
Welling United 0–0 1–5 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–5 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1
Woking 4–0 2–2 4–0 3–5 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2
Yeovil Town 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 4–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–2

Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Glenda Rollin (ass. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96. Headline, 1995.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

Relegated

Topscorers in Order of League Goals[1]

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total
1 Paul Dobson Gateshead 25 2 3 2 32
2 Carl Alford Kettering Town 23 1 0 3 27
3 Leroy May Stafford Rangers 21 0 0 1 22
4 Andy Green Altrincham 19 2 0 0 21
= Clive Walker Woking 19 1 5 0 25
6 Recky Carter Bromsgrove Rovers 18 0 0 12 30
= David Leworthy Dover Athletic 18 5 0 2 25
= Phil Power Macclesfield Town 18 0 3 2 23
= Malcolm O'Connor Northwich Victoria 18 4 1 0 23
10 Darran Hay Woking 17 0 0 0 17
11 Dean Birkby Bath City 16 0 0 2 18
= Mark Hughes Runcorn 16 0 2 1 19
13 Paul Wilson Woking 17 0 0 0 17

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jack Rollin (ed.), Glenda Rollin (ass. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96. Headline, 1995.

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