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.

Contents

Changes since the previous season

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)
Locations of the Football Conference 1999–2000 teams
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
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 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2
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 2–0 5–3 1–0 0–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–1
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

References

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

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