2008–09 Football Conference

The 2008–09 Football Conference season was the fifth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions, and the thirtieth season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the playoff of the National division were promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four were relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions were promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions were relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League. For sponsorship reasons, the Conference Premier is frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.

Conference Premier

A total of 24 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Conference North

• Kettering Town
• Barrow

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Conference South

• Lewes
• Eastbourne Borough

Teams relegated from 2007–08 Football League Two

• Mansfield Town
• Wrexham

Eastbourne, Mansfield, Lewes and Wrexham appear in the Conference Premier for the first time, whilst Barrow return to the league after ten years. Kettering have three times been runners-up at this level and return to the league after an absence of five years. Altrincham remain in the Conference after a third consecutive reprieve from relegation, following Halifax Town's demotion for financial reasons.

League table

Conference Premier

Season	2008–09
Champions	Burton Albion (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to League Two	Burton Albion, Torquay United
Relegated to Conference North/Conference South	Woking Northwich Victoria Weymouth Lewes
Promoted for the next season	Tamworth, Gateshead, AFC Wimbledon, Hayes & Yeading United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1410 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrew Mangan (Forest Green Rovers), 26
Biggest home win	Wrexham – Eastbourne Borough 5–0, Wrexham – Stevenage Borough 5–0
Biggest away win	Weymouth – Rushden & Diamonds 0–9
Highest scoring	Weymouth – Rushden & Diamonds 0–9, Oxford United – Eastbourne Borough 6–3
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Average attendance	1,783 (−1% compared with the previous season)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Burton Albion !Burton Albion (C) (P)	46	27	7	12	81	52	+29	88	Promotion to League Two
2	Cambridge United !Cambridge United	46	24	14	8	65	39	+26	86	Qualification to Template:Fb competition 2008-09 Conference Premier Playoffs
3	Histon !Histon	46	23	14	9	78	48	+30	83
4	Torquay United !Torquay United (P)	46	23	14	9	72	47	+25	83
5	Stevenage Borough !Stevenage Borough	46	23	12	11	73	54	+19	81
6	Kidderminster Harriers !Kidderminster Harriers	46	23	10	13	69	48	+21	79
7	Oxford United !Oxford United	46	24	10	12	72	51	+21	077*
8	Kettering Town !Kettering Town	46	21	13	12	50	37	+13	76
9	Crawley Town !Crawley Town	46	19	14	13	77	55	+22	070*
10	Wrexham !Wrexham	46	18	12	16	64	48	+16	66
11	Rushden & Diamonds !Rushden & Diamonds	46	16	15	15	61	50	+11	63
12	Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	46	19	9	18	57	55	+2	062*
13	Eastbourne Borough !Eastbourne Borough	46	18	6	22	58	70	−12	60
14	Ebbsfleet United !Ebbsfleet United	46	16	10	20	52	60	−8	58
15	Altrincham !Altrincham	46	15	11	20	49	66	−17	56
16	Salisbury City !Salisbury City	46	14	13	19	54	64	−10	55
17	York City !York City	46	11	19	16	47	51	−4	52
18	Forest Green Rovers !Forest Green Rovers	46	12	16	18	70	76	−6	52
19	Grays Athletic !Grays Athletic	46	14	10	22	44	64	−20	52
20	Barrow !Barrow	46	12	15	19	51	65	−14	51
21	Woking !Woking (R)	46	10	14	22	37	60	−23	44	Relegation to Conference North/Conference South
22	Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria (R)	46	11	10	25	56	75	−19	43
23	Weymouth !Weymouth (R)	46	11	10	25	45	86	−41	43
24	Lewes !Lewes (R)	46	6	6	34	28	89	−61	24

Updated to games played on 26 April 2009.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Mansfield deducted 4 points;^[1] Oxford deducted 5 points;^[2] Crawley Town deducted 1 point;^[3]
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

Altrincham !ALT

Barrow !BRW

Burton Albion !BRT

Cambridge United !CAM

Crawley Town !CRA

Eastbourne Borough !EAB

Ebbsfleet United !EBB

Forest Green Rovers !FGR

Grays Athletic !GRY

Histon !HIS

Kettering Town !KET

Kidderminster Harriers !KID

Lewes !LEW

Mansfield Town !MAN

Northwich Victoria !NOR

Oxford United !OXF

Rushden & Diamonds !R&D

Salisbury City !SAL

Stevenage Borough !STB

Torquay United !TOR

Weymouth !WEY

Woking !WOK

Wrexham !WRE

York City !YOR

Altrincham !Altrincham

3–4

1–3

1–0

2–2

2–2

2–0

2–5

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–4

0–0

1–2

0–1

4–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

Barrow !Barrow

2–2

0–0

0–2

3–3

3–1

0–3

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–4

1–0

2–0

2–1

0–0

3–0

1–1

0–0

1–3

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

Burton Albion !Burton Albion

1–1

2–1

3–1

2–1

2–0

3–1

4–2

4–0

3–1

1–1

2–2

5–2

1–0

1–1

0–1

3–0

1–2

2–0

0–1

1–1

3–2

2–1

2–1

Cambridge United !Cambridge United

0–0

2–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

2–2

0–2

2–1

1–0

2–1

4–1

1–1

0–0

4–0

1–1

0–2

1–0

4–1

2–0

1–0

Crawley Town !Crawley Town

4–0

4–0

4–0

2–2

1–0

1–2

2–2

2–1

3–3

1–0

2–0

5–1

2–1

5–2

0–1

0–0

0–3

0–2

3–1

4–2

2–2

1–0

0–1

Eastbourne Borough !Eastbourne Borough

1–0

3–1

1–2

0–3

2–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–2

2–3

1–0

1–2

4–1

0–3

0–1

0–0

2–1

4–2

3–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

Ebbsfleet United !Ebbsfleet United

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

4–4

1–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

2–2

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–2

4–0

0–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

Forest Green Rovers !Forest Green Rovers

1–3

2–1

2–3

2–2

1–0

1–2

1–4

1–1

2–2

0–2

2–2

4–1

1–0

3–0

3–3

4–0

1–2

0–3

1–2

4–1

0–2

2–3

1–1

Grays Athletic !Grays Athletic

2–1

2–1

0–1

0–1

1–0

0–1

3–1

2–1

1–4

1–1

3–2

0–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

0–0

3–1

1–2

1–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

Histon !Histon

1–0

2–0

4–3

1–1

1–0

3–3

5–2

0–1

1–4

1–0

1–1

1–1

3–0

2–1

5–2

0–0

2–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–1

Kettering Town !Kettering Town

3–1

0–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–3

2–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–0

1–0

4–2

Kidderminster Harriers !Kidderminster Harriers

4–0

0–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

2–0

3–1

1–1

2–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–1

3–2

4–2

1–0

0–2

3–0

1–0

2–0

Lewes !Lewes

1–0

0–3

0–1

0–2

0–3

0–2

0–0

3–2

2–0

0–3

1–2

0–1

0–1

2–3

2–1

0–4

1–4

0–2

0–2

1–0

0–2

0–2

1–1

Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town

2–0

2–2

0–2

1–1

1–0

3–1

2–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

4–2

1–0

3–2

1–3

0–0

3–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–2

1–0

Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria

0–1

2–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

1–2

2–0

0–0

2–0

1–2

0–0

1–1

3–0

2–0

1–2

4–2

1–1

0–1

2–3

2–3

2–0

1–2

2–2

Oxford United !Oxford United

1–0

3–0

2–1

3–1

1–2

6–3

5–1

2–1

4–1

2–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–2

2–1

2–0

1–1

0–2

0–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

Rushden & Diamonds !Rushden & Diamonds

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–2

0–1

2–0

2–0

2–2

1–0

1–2

1–0

0–1

2–1

0–1

2–1

1–3

2–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

3–1

1–1

2–0

Salisbury City !Salisbury City

1–3

3–0

0–1

1–2

2–0

2–0

1–0

2–2

1–0

0–4

1–2

0–0

1–2

2–3

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–4

2–2

1–0

1–0

1–4

1–1

Stevenage Borough !Stevenage Borough

3–0

3–0

4–1

2–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–3

2–1

3–1

3–0

3–2

1–1

1–1

3–1

2–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

3–3

Torquay United !Torquay United

3–1

4–1

2–1

0–0

0–2

2–0

0–2

3–3

1–1

4–1

2–0

0–1

4–1

2–0

2–1

0–2

1–1

0–1

3–0

0–2

2–1

1–1

1–1

Weymouth !Weymouth

2–0

0–3

0–5

2–2

2–2

3–2

0–2

1–1

3–1

2–5

0–2

1–2

2–0

1–1

3–0

2–2

0–9

0–4

0–3

0–1

1–1

1–3

1–2

Woking !Woking

1–2

1–0

0–0

0–1

0–0

0–4

1–0

0–1

3–1

1–0

0–1

1–5

1–1

2–2

4–1

0–2

1–1

1–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

0–2

Wrexham !Wrexham

0–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

0–2

5–0

3–2

1–1

3–2

0–0

2–1

0–1

2–0

2–0

3–3

2–0

0–3

1–1

5–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

York City !York City

1–2

1–1

1–3

0–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

0–0

3–0

3–0

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

0–2

1–2

2–0

2–0

1–0

Source: Soccerbase
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final at Wembley Stadium
	5	Stevenage Borough	3	0	3
	2	Cambridge United	1	3	4
								2	Cambridge United	0
								4	Torquay United	2
	4	Torquay United	2	0	2
	3	Histon	0	1	1

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andrew Mangan	Forest Green Rovers	26
2	James Constable	Oxford United	23
3	Steve Morison	Stevenage Borough	22
4	Charlie Griffin	Salisbury City	21
5	Matthew Barnes-Homer	Kidderminster Harriers	20
	Jack Midson	Histon
7	Greg Pearson	Burton Albion	18
8	Colin Little	Altrincham	16
	Justin Richards	Kidderminster Harriers
10	Shaun Harrad	Burton Albion	15
	Jefferson Louis	Wrexham
	Gareth Seddon	Kettering Town
	Richard Brodie	York City

Conference North

Conference North

Season	2008–09
Champions	Tamworth
Promoted	Tamworth Gateshead
Relegated	Burscough Hucknall Town
Top goalscorer	Lee Novak (26)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

A total of 22 teams contest the division, including 16 sides from last season, three relegated from the Conference Premier, two promoted from the Northern Premier League and one promoted from the Southern Football League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Northern Premier League

• Gateshead
• Fleetwood Town

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Southern Football League

• King's Lynn

Teams relegated from 2007–08 Conference Premier

• Droylsden
• Stafford Rangers
• Farsley Celtic

Droylsden and Farsley are returned having spent just one season in the higher league. Fleetwood reached a new high eleven seasons after being re-formed following the bankruptcy of the original Fleetwood Town. Both Boston United and Nuneaton Borough were expelled from the league for financial reasons before the season, resulting in Vauxhall Motors relegation and Redditch United's transfer to the Conference South being cancelled.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tamworth !Tamworth (C) (P)	42	24	13	5	70	41	+29	85	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Gateshead !Gateshead (P)	42	24	8	10	81	48	+33	80	Qualification to Conference North Playoffs
3	Alfreton Town !Alfreton Town	42	20	17	5	81	48	+33	77
4	A.F.C. Telford United !A.F.C. Telford United	42	22	10	10	65	34	+31	76
5	Southport !Southport	42	21	13	8	63	36	+27	76
6	Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic	42	20	10	12	71	50	+21	70
7	Droylsden !Droylsden	42	18	14	10	64	44	+20	68
8	Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town	42	17	11	14	70	66	+4	62
9	Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	42	17	10	15	66	57	+9	61
10	Hinckley United !Hinckley United	42	16	9	17	56	59	−3	57
11	Vauxhall Motors !Vauxhall Motors	42	14	11	17	51	67	−16	53
12	Workington !Workington	42	13	12	17	54	55	−1	51
13	Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	42	12	14	16	57	63	−6	50
14	Redditch United !Redditch United	42	12	14	16	49	61	−12	50
15	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	42	14	7	21	50	58	−8	49
16	Solihull Moors !Solihull Moors	42	13	10	19	49	73	−24	49
17	King's Lynn !King's Lynn	42	10	18	14	50	60	−10	48	Demoted to Northern Premier League Premier Division*
18	Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	42	12	12	18	41	56	−15	48
19	Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	42	14	5	23	58	65	−7	47
20	Hyde United !Hyde United	42	11	9	22	57	80	−23	42
21	Burscough !Burscough (R)	42	10	6	26	43	80	−37	36	Relegated to Northern Premier League Premier Division
22	Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town (R)	42	5	13	24	39	84	−45	28

Updated to games played on 25 April 2009.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*King's Lynn demoted as their stadium does not meet the league standards,^[4] thus Hyde United were reprieved from relegation.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

Alfreton Town !ALF

Blyth Spartans !BLY

Burscough !BUR

Droylsden !DRO

Farsley Celtic !FAR

Fleetwood Town !FLE

Gainsborough Trinity !GAI

Gateshead !GAT

Harrogate Town !HAR

Hinckley United !HIN

Hucknall Town !HUC

Hyde United !HYD

King's Lynn !KLY

Redditch United !RED

Solihull Moors !SOL

Southport !SOU

Stafford Rangers !STA

Stalybridge Celtic !STL

Tamworth !TAM

Telford United !TEL

Vauxhall Motors !VAU

Workington !WRK

Alfreton Town !Alfreton Town

1–1

2–0

2–3

3–1

3–3

1–4

1–3

4–1

1–1

5–0

3–2

1–1

2–0

4–1

2–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

3–1

3–1

0–0

Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans

2–2

0–2

0–2

5–0

3–0

1–1

0–1

3–4

1–0

3–0

3–0

2–4

1–0

3–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

0–4

2–0

0–1

3–1

Burscough !Burscough

1–3

2–3

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

2–4

0–2

1–1

2–3

2–2

1–1

1–0

1–2

2–3

2–0

0–2

0–1

0–2

0–1

2–1

Droylsden !Droylsden

2–0

2–0

3–1

2–0

1–3

3–2

0–0

2–1

3–0

5–1

2–1

1–0

2–2

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic

3–3

3–0

5–1

1–1

4–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

2–3

4–0

2–1

1–1

1–2

0–1

5–1

4–0

2–3

1–3

1–0

0–1

0–5

Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town

1–1

1–0

3–1

2–1

2–1

2–2

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–3

1–3

3–0

3–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

1–2

1–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity

0–2

0–0

0–4

1–0

0–0

3–4

0–0

3–2

3–1

2–2

0–1

2–0

4–1

1–1

0–1

0–3

3–3

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

Gateshead !Gateshead

3–0

3–0

4–1

1–1

3–0

2–2

1–0

1–3

5–0

1–0

6–3

3–2

2–0

3–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

5–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town

2–2

3–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

5–2

0–3

1–0

2–2

2–0

2–1

4–0

1–1

4–0

0–3

3–3

0–1

2–2

2–0

2–0

0–1

Hinckley United !Hinckley United

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

1–2

2–1

0–2

2–0

2–0

4–0

0–1

1–0

4–2

0–0

1–1

4–0

0–1

1–3

0–2

2–3

1–0

Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–1

1–2

3–2

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–2

0–1

1–2

0–2

0–2

0–0

3–1

2–3

2–3

0–5

0–1

0–0

Hyde United !Hyde United

1–1

1–0

0–1

1–3

3–1

5–3

0–0

2–5

2–3

0–0

2–0

0–1

1–2

3–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–2

0–4

3–1

4–4

King's Lynn !King's Lynn

0–4

2–3

0–0

2–2

1–4

1–0

2–2

2–0

2–3

1–1

0–0

4–1

1–1

3–0

0–0

2–2

1–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–3

Redditch United !Redditch United

2–2

2–0

1–2

0–4

3–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

2–1

0–2

2–2

1–0

1–2

0–0

0–2

2–2

0–1

1–1

0–1

2–1

2–0

Solihull Moors !Solihull Moors

2–2

2–0

3–2

2–1

2–1

2–2

2–3

2–0

1–1

1–3

3–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

0–2

0–1

0–2

1–1

1–3

3–2

2–0

Southport !Southport

0–1

2–1

3–0

3–1

1–0

1–1

5–3

2–3

1–0

0–0

3–0

2–0

2–1

2–3

3–0

3–2

2–0

0–1

1–1

5–2

0–0

Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers

0–2

1–0

0–2

0–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

4–1

0–0

3–1

0–0

2–0

0–0

0–1

0–2

0–3

0–1

0–1

1–3

0–1

0–0

Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic

0–2

2–0

4–0

2–2

1–0

0–5

1–2

1–2

1–3

7–1

2–2

4–1

1–1

3–3

5–0

0–1

2–0

2–2

2–2

1–0

1–4

Tamworth !Tamworth

1–2

1–1

6–2

2–0

2–1

2–1

0–0

2–1

3–1

1–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–3

0–1

2–0

1–0

AFC Telford United !AFC Telford United

0–0

2–1

3–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

3–1

4–2

3–1

2–3

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

5–1

0–0

Vauxhall Motors !Vauxhall Motors

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–4

2–0

0–2

1–1

1–2

1–0

0–4

2–3

2–1

1–3

1–1

2–2

0–0

1–1

1–1

2–2

2–0

3–0

Workington !Workington

0–3

0–1

4–1

1–1

0–2

3–2

5–0

4–2

0–0

1–3

1–0

2–2

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

2–2

0–2

1–4

1–0

3–1

Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009–2010. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2009.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Southport	0	1	1
	2	Gateshead	1	1	2
								2	Gateshead	1
								4	A.F.C. Telford United	0
	4	A.F.C. Telford United	2	3	5
	3	Alfreton Town	0	4	4

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lee Novak	Gateshead	26
2	Gareth Sheldon	Tamworth	23
3	Adam Warlow	Fleetwood Town	19
	Liam Hearn	Alfreton Town
5	Chris Simm	Hyde United	18
6	Paul Clayton	Alfreton Town	17
7	Ciaran Kilheeney	Southport	16
	Luke Beckett	Gainsborough Trinity
9	Gareth Arnison	Workington	15
	Andy Brown	A.F.C. Telford United

Conference South

Conference South

Season	2008–09
Champions	AFC Wimbledon
Promoted	AFC Wimbledon Hayes & Yeading United
Relegated	Bognor Regis Town Fisher Athletic
Matches played	462
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

A total of 22 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from last season, one transferred from the Conference North, two promoted from the Isthmian League and one promoted from the Southern Football League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Southern Football League

• Team Bath

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Isthmian League

• Chelmsford City
• AFC Wimbledon

Teams transferred from Conference North

• Worcester City

No teams were relegated to the Conference South from the Conference Premier, so Worcester City were transferred in from the Conference North. The expulsion of two teams from the Conference North for financial reasons cancelled Redditch United's transfer between the two, and allowed Dorchester Town to remain in the Conference South. All the four new teams never played in Conference South before.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Wimbledon !AFC Wimbledon (C) (P)	42	26	10	6	86	36	+50	88	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Hampton & Richmond !Hampton & Richmond	42	25	10	7	74	37	+37	85	Qualification to Conference South Playoffs
3	Eastleigh !Eastleigh	42	25	8	9	69	49	+20	83
4	Hayes & Yeading United !Hayes & Yeading United (P)	42	24	9	9	74	43	+31	81
5	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City	42	23	8	11	72	52	+20	77
6	Maidenhead United !Maidenhead United	42	21	8	13	57	46	+11	71
7	Welling United !Welling United	42	19	11	12	61	44	+17	68
8	Bath City !Bath City	42	20	8	14	56	45	+11	68
9	Bishop's Stortford !Bishop's Stortford	42	17	8	17	60	60	0	59
10	Newport County !Newport County	42	16	11	15	50	51	−1	59
11	Team Bath !Team Bath	42	16	7	19	62	64	−2	055**	Club folded at the end of the season
12	St Albans City !St Albans City	42	14	12	16	56	50	+6	54
13	Bromley !Bromley	42	15	9	18	60	64	−4	54
14	Braintree Town !Braintree Town	42	14	10	18	57	54	+3	52
15	Havant & Waterlooville !Havant & Waterlooville	42	11	15	16	59	58	+1	48
16	Worcester City !Worcester City	42	12	11	19	38	53	−15	47
17	Weston-super-Mare !Weston-super-Mare	42	12	11	19	43	68	−25	47
18	Basingstoke Town !Basingstoke Town	42	10	16	16	36	55	−19	46
19	Dorchester Town !Dorchester Town	42	10	12	20	39	61	−22	42
20	Thurrock !Thurrock	42	9	13	20	54	60	−6	40
21	Bognor Regis Town !Bognor Regis Town (R)	42	7	12	23	33	68	−35	026*	Relegation to Isthmian League Premier Division
22	Fisher Athletic !Fisher Athletic	42	5	3	34	22	100	−78	18	Club folded at the end of the season

Updated to games played on 25 April 2009.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Bognor Regis Town deducted 7 points^[5]
**Team Bath resigned from the league^[6]
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

Basingstoke Town !BAS

Bath City !BAT

Bishop's Stortford !BST

Bognor Regis Town !BOG

Braintree Town !BRA

Bromley !BRO

Chelmsford City !CHE

Dorchester Town !DOR

Eastleigh !EAS

Fisher Athletic !FIS

Hampton & Richmond !H&R

Havant & Waterlooville !H&W

Hayes & Yeading United !H&Y

Maidenhead United !MAI

Newport County !NPC

St Albans City !SAC

Team Bath !TBA

Thurrock !THU

Welling United !WEL

Weston-super-Mare !WSM

AFC Wimbledon !WIM

Worcester City !WRC

Basingstoke Town !Basingstoke Town

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–2

2–0

1–2

0–0

1–0

2–2

1–1

2–2

1–1

0–1

0–0

1–2

1–3

1–0

0–0

0–1

0–1

0–0

Bath City !Bath City

1–0

2–3

0–1

3–2

1–3

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–2

0–4

3–0

2–2

1–0

Bishop's Stortford !Bishop's Stortford

3–2

0–2

2–0

0–3

1–1

2–1

0–2

3–4

0–1

1–3

1–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

4–3

2–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

3–0

Bognor Regis Town !Bognor Regis Town

2–3

0–2

0–2

0–2

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–5

1–1

2–4

0–1

0–5

3–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–5

1–2

Braintree Town !Braintree Town

0–1

0–4

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–2

0–1

1–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

0–1

0–2

3–2

1–0

4–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

Bromley !Bromley

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–4

2–2

1–0

5–1

3–0

0–2

2–2

1–0

1–2

2–1

2–3

4–0

3–3

1–3

3–0

2–2

0–2

Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City

2–2

2–3

3–3

2–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

3–0

3–0

3–2

1–2

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

3–2

2–0

4–1

3–2

2–0

Dorchester Town !Dorchester Town

0–0

0–2

0–2

1–0

2–2

2–1

0–1

0–4

3–0

0–1

1–0

1–2

0–3

0–1

1–1

2–2

4–3

1–1

1–2

1–1

3–1

Eastleigh !Eastleigh

1–0

2–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

2–0

3–3

0–0

3–2

3–0

1–3

1–1

4–2

1–0

2–1

1–0

Fisher Athletic !Fisher Athletic

1–0

1–0

0–3

0–1

0–2

0–2

0–1

4–0

1–2

0–2

1–1

0–5

0–1

1–3

0–4

0–6

0–3

0–5

0–2

0–3

0–1

Hampton & Richmond !Hampton & Richmond

0–0

3–1

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–1

4–1

2–0

2–1

3–0

2–1

2–3

1–0

0–1

0–0

3–0

3–1

2–0

4–1

1–1

1–2

Havant & Waterlooville !Havant & Waterlooville

5–1

0–0

3–0

2–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–2

2–2

3–0

1–4

2–2

3–3

1–1

2–0

2–1

2–2

1–0

2–3

0–0

0–2

Hayes & Yeading United !Hayes & Yeading United

5–0

2–2

1–0

3–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

3–4

0–0

2–1

2–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

3–0

2–1

3–1

Maidenhead United !Maidenhead United

1–2

0–0

3–2

2–0

2–1

4–0

0–2

2–1

1–4

1–0

0–3

1–0

2–0

0–1

1–0

0–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

0–4

5–0

Newport County !Newport County

3–0

0–4

0–1

2–1

2–1

3–0

3–1

4–4

0–1

4–0

1–0

0–2

1–5

0–1

0–1

4–2

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–4

1–0

St Albans City !St Albans City

3–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

0–3

4–5

1–2

2–0

5–0

4–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–2

2–3

3–0

0–0

0–2

Team Bath !Team Bath

1–2

0–1

2–2

1–0

0–3

0–3

2–0

4–1

1–3

4–1

0–2

1–0

4–1

0–2

2–0

2–0

4–1

0–1

1–2

1–2

0–2

Thurrock !Thurrock

6–0

2–0

1–3

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

3–3

2–3

0–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

1–2

1–2

0–1

0–1

2–0

Welling United !Welling United

1–1

2–1

1–3

4–1

1–0

3–1

1–3

0–0

3–2

3–0

4–0

2–1

0–2

1–1

0–2

0–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

2–2

1–3

Weston-super-Mare !Weston-super-Mare

0–3

0–1

2–1

1–2

3–1

2–1

1–4

2–2

1–1

3–1

0–3

0–1

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–3

1–1

1–1

AFC Wimbledon !AFC Wimbledon

1–0

3–2

4–1

3–1

5–1

3–1

3–1

2–0

0–2

3–0

1–1

3–0

2–0

3–1

3–0

3–0

2–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

2–0

Worcester City !Worcester City

0–0

0–1

1–3

1–1

2–2

1–0

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–2

2–2

0–3

1–1

0–0

2–0

0–2

2–0

0–1

1–2

3–2

Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009–2010. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2009
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Chelmsford City	1	0	1
	2	Hampton & Richmond Borough	3	0	3
								2	Hampton & Richmond Borough	2
								4	Hayes & Yeading United	3
	4	Hayes & Yeading United	2	4	6
	3	Eastleigh	4	0	4

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jon Main	AFC Wimbledon	33
2	Josh Scott	Hayes & Yeading United	22
3	Warren McBean	Bromley	21
4	Richard Pacquette	Maidenhead United	20
5	Charlie Sheringham	Welling United	19
6	Paul Hakim	St. Albans City	18
7	Craig Reid	Newport County	15
	Dave Rainford	Chelmsford City
	Lawrence Yaku	Hampton & Richmond Borough
10	Marco Adaggio	Worcester City	14
	Danny Hockton	Braintree Town

References

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