Season | 1988β89 [1] |
---|---|
Champions | Maidstone United (2nd Football Conference title) |
Promoted to the Football League | Maidstone United |
Conference League Cup winners | Yeovil Town |
FA Trophy winners | Telford United |
Relegated to Level 6/Folded |
Weymouth, Newport County |
Matches played | 420 |
Goals scored | 1,236 (2.94 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Steve Butler (
Maidstone United), 26; Mark Gall ( Maidstone United), 26 |
Biggest home win |
Maidstone United β
Altrincham 7β2 (27 August 1988); Wycombe Wanderers β Stafford Rangers 6β1 (11 February 1989); Boston United β Barnet 5β0 (29 October 1988); Maidstone United β Yeovil Town 5β0 (22 October 1988); Runcorn β Aylesbury 5β0 (3 December 1988); Welling United β Aylesbury 5β0 (12 October 1988) |
Biggest away win | Boston United β Runcorn 0β6 (28 September 1988) |
Highest scoring |
Maidstone United β
Altrincham 7β2 (27 August 1988); Kidderminster Harriers β Maidstone United 3β6 (8 April 1989) |
Longest winning run | Boston United, Chorley, Maidstone, Runcorn, 6 matches |
Longest unbeaten run | Maidstone, 17 matches |
Longest losing run | Fisher Athletic, 6 matches |
Highest attendance | Wycombe Wanderers v Kettering Town, 4,890 (8 April 1989) |
Lowest attendance | ? |
Average attendance | 1195 (β 4% compared to previous season) |
β
1987β88
1989β90 β |
The Football Conference season of 1988β89 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football Conference.
It was the third season that the champions of the Conference were automatically promoted to the Football League after the abolition of the election system.
Maidstone United, who had been Conference champions once earlier in the decade and once the runners-up, were finally promoted to the Football League Fourth Division after gaining their second title at this level.
Newport County, the club newly relegated to the Conference from the Football League, were wound up due to debts on 27 February 1989. They were then expelled from the Conference for failing to fulfil their fixtures; their record was expunged.
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maidstone United | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 24 | +46 | 84 | Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division |
2 | Kettering Town | 40 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 24 | +17 | 76 | |
3 | Boston United | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 23 | +10 | 74 | |
4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 40 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 27 | +16 | 71 | |
5 | Kidderminster Harriers | 40 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 69 | |
6 | Runcorn | 40 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +24 | 65 | |
7 | Macclesfield Town | 40 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +6 | 61 | |
8 | Barnet | 40 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 39 | −5 | 61 | |
9 | Yeovil Town [a] | 40 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 37 | +1 | 56 | Conference League Cup winners |
10 | Northwich Victoria | 40 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 35 | −1 | 53 | |
11 | Welling United | 40 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | −1 | 53 | |
12 | Sutton United | 40 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 28 | +10 | 51 | |
13 | Enfield | 40 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −5 | 50 | |
14 | Altrincham | 40 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 38 | −10 | 49 | |
15 | Cheltenham Town | 40 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | −3 | 48 | |
16 | Telford United | 40 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 19 | −6 | 48 | FA Trophy winners |
17 | Chorley [a] | 40 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 39 | −14 | 45 | |
18 | Fisher Athletic | 40 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 33 | −10 | 41 | |
19 | Stafford Rangers | 40 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 42 | −25 | 40 | [b] |
20 | Aylesbury United [a] | 40 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 41 | −28 | 36 | Relegated to the Isthmian League |
21 | Weymouth | 40 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 40 | −33 | 31 | Relegated to the Southern League |
β | Newport County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled [c] |
Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total [1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Butler | Maidstone United | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
= | Mark Gall | Maidstone United | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
3 | Chris Camden | Stafford Rangers | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
= | Mark Carter | Runcorn | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
5 | Ken Charlery | Maidstone United | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
6 | Steve Burr | Macclesfield Town | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
= | Don Page | Runcorn | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
8 | Paul Davies | Kidderminster Harriers | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
= | Lenny Dennis | Sutton United | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 29 |
= | Mark West | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
11 | Ronnie Ellis | Altrincham | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
= | Derrick Parker | Northwich Victoria | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
13 | Phil Power | Chorley | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
= | Guy Whittingham | Yeovil Town | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
15 | Chris Cook | Boston United | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
= | Dean Neal | Fisher Athletic | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
= | Paul Wilson | Boston United | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
18 | Frank Murphy | Barnet | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
= | Malcolm O'Connor | Northwich Victoria | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
20 | Gary Abbott | Enfield | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
= | Phil Derbyshire | Macclesfield Town | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
= | Ernie Moss | Kettering Town | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 |