2009–10 Ebbsfleet United F.C. season

2009–10 Football Conference

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Stevenage Borough (C) (P) 44 30 9 5 79 24+55 99 Promotion to 2010-11 League Two
2 Luton Town 44 26 10 8 84 40+44 88 Qualification to Playoffs
3 Oxford United (P) 44 25 11 8 64 31+33 86
4 Rushden & Diamonds 44 22 13 9 77 39+38 79
5 York City 44 22 12 10 62 35+27 78
6 Kettering Town 44 18 12 14 51 41+10 66
7 Crawley Town 44 19 9 16 50 57−7 66
8 AFC Wimbledon 44 18 10 16 61 47+14 64
9 Mansfield Town 44 17 11 16 69 60+9 62
10 Cambridge United 44 15 14 15 65 53+12 59
11 Wrexham 44 15 13 16 45 39+6 58
12 Salisbury City 44 21 5 18 58 63−5 58* Southern League Premier Division
13 Kidderminster Harriers 44 15 12 17 57 52+5 57
14 Altrincham 44 13 15 16 53 51+2 54
15 Barrow 44 13 13 18 50 67−17 52
16 Tamworth 44 11 16 17 42 52−10 49
17 Hayes & Yeading United 44 12 12 20 59 85−26 48
18 Histon 44 11 13 20 44 67−23 46
19 Eastbourne Borough 44 11 13 20 42 72−30 46
20 Gateshead 44 13 7 24 46 69−23 45
21 Forest Green Rovers 44 12 9 23 50 76−26 45†
22 Ebbsfleet United (R) 44 12 8 24 50 82−32 44 Relegation to Conference South
23 Grays Athletic 44 5 13 26 35 91−56 26∞ Isthmian League Division One North
24 Chester City 0 0 0 0 0 00 0‡ Club expelled, record expunged

Updated to games played on 24 April 2010.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
 *Salisbury City were initially deducted 10 points for entering administration,[1] and were demoted to the Southern League at the end of the season for failing to come out it.[2]
‡ Chester City were initially deducted 25 points for entering administration and insolvency,[3] but were later expelled on 26 February 2010 and their record (P28 W5 D7 L16 GF23 GA42 Pts-3) was expunged on 8 March 2010.[4]
Gateshead deducted one point for failing to fulfil a fixture.[5]
∞Grays Athletic were deducted two points for fielding ineligible players.[6] Grays were demoted from the Conference National but declined to join the Conference South for financial reasons. They later applied to join the Isthmian League, and were accepted into the Isthmian League Division One North for 2010–11.[7]
† Forest Green Rovers reprieved from relegation.

References

  1. ↑ "Holmes upbeat on Salisbury future". BBC. 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  2. ↑ "Salisbury City statement - Thursday, June 10". 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  3. ↑ "Chester hit by 25-point penalty". BBC. 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  4. ↑ "Chester City results erased from Blue Square Premier". BBC. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  5. ↑ "Football Conference hearing decision". Gateshead F.C. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  6. ↑ "Grays deducted two points by Conference". BBC Sport. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  7. ↑ "Grays Athletic to play in Ryman Division One North". BBC Sport. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.