1994–95 Football Conference
The Vauxhall Conference season of 1994–95 was the sixteenth season of the Conference National.
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
- Farnborough Town (promoted 1993–94)
- Stevenage Borough (promoted 1993–94)
Final league table[1]
| 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 November 1994) |
| Biggest away win |
Welling United – Bath City 1–5 (28 January 1995); Welling United – Northwich Victoria 1–5 (19 November 1994); Dagenham & Redbridge – Altrincham 0–4 (4 February 1995); Dagenham & Redbridge – Macclesfield Town 0–4 (19 November 1994); Farnborough Town – Runcorn 0–4 (24 September 1994); Telford United – Dagenham & Redbridge 0–4 (18 February 1995) |
| Highest scoring | Bromsgrove Rovers – Woking 5–5 (14 January 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 December 1994) |
| Lowest attendance | ? |
| Average attendance | 1,064 |
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← 1993–94 1995–96 → | |
Farnborough
Kidderminster Harriers
Stevenage
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 League | ||||
| 21 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 45 | 53 | 79 | – 26 | 38 | Relegated to the Southern 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 |
- 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.
- ↑ 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 ╲ Away[1] | ALT | BAT | BRO | D&R | DOV | FAR | GAT | HAL | KET | KID | MAC | MER | NOR | RUN | SOU | STA | 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.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Hednesford (from the Southern Premier League)
- Morecambe (from the Northern Premier League)
- Slough Town (from the Isthmian League)
Relegated
- Merthyr Tydfil (to the Southern Premier League)
- Stafford Rangers (to the Northern Premier League)
- Yeovil Town (to the Isthmian League)
Top scorers 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
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