2008–09_Football_Conference

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

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	1,410 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy 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	Burton Albion (12 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Burton Albion (18 games)
Longest losing run	?
Average attendance	1,783 (−1% compared with the previous season)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Football Conference
Season	2008–09
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Football Conference

Football league season

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 was the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, while the Conference North and Conference South existed 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 was frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.

Quick Facts Season ...

Conference North

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

A total of 22 teams contested 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.

Results

More information Home \ Away, TEL ...

Home \ Away	TEL	ALF	BLY	BUR	DRO	FAR	FLE	GAI	GAT	HAR	HIN	HUC	HYD	KLY	RED	SOL	SOU	STA	STL	TAM	VAU	WRK
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
Alfreton Town	3–1		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	0–0
Blyth Spartans	2–0	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	0–1	3–1
Burscough	0–2	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	0–1	2–1
Droylsden	1–0	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	1–2	1–1
Farsley Celtic	1–0	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	0–1	0–5
Fleetwood Town	1–0	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	2–0	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity	1–2	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	1–1	1–2
Gateshead	1–1	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	2–2	2–1
Harrogate Town	2–0	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	0–1
Hinckley United	0–2	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	2–3	1–0
Hucknall Town	0–5	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	0–1	0–0
Hyde United	0–4	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	3–1	4–4
King's Lynn	1–1	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	1–3
Redditch United	0–1	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	2–1	2–0
Solihull Moors	1–3	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	3–2	2–0
Southport	1–1	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	5–2	0–0
Stafford Rangers	1–3	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	0–1	0–0
Stalybridge Celtic	2–2	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	1–0	1–4
Tamworth	0–1	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		2–0	1–0
Vauxhall Motors	2–0	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		3–0
Workington	1–0	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	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009–2010. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2009.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Conference South

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

A total of 22 teams contested 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.

Results

More information Home \ Away, WIM ...

Home \ Away	WIM	BAS	BAT	BST	BOG	BRA	BRO	CHE	DOR	EAS	FIS	H&R	H&W	H&Y	MDH	NPC	SAC	TBA	THU	WEL	WSM	WRC
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
Basingstoke Town	0–1		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	0–0
Bath City	2–2	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	1–0
Bishop's Stortford	0–1	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	3–0
Bognor Regis Town	1–5	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	1–2
Braintree Town	0–1	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	1–1
Bromley	2–2	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	0–2
Chelmsford City	3–2	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	2–0
Dorchester Town	1–1	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	3–1
Eastleigh	2–1	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	1–0
Fisher Athletic	0–3	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	0–1
Hampton & Richmond Borough	1–1	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	1–2
Havant & Waterlooville	0–0	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	0–2
Hayes & Yeading United	2–1	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	3–1
Maidenhead United	0–4	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	5–0
Newport County	1–4	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	1–0
St Albans City	0–0	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	0–2
Team Bath	1–2	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	0–2
Thurrock	0–1	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	2–0
Welling United	2–2	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	1–3
Weston-super-Mare	1–1	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
Worcester City	3–2	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009–2010. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2009
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_note_OXF0.77968759684809-2] Oxford deducted 5 points^[1]

[table_note_CRA0.77968759684809-4] Crawley Town deducted 1 point^[2]

[table_note_MAN0.77968759684809-6] Mansfield deducted 4 points^[3]

[table_note_res_DEM0.19781913803789-8] King's Lynn demoted as their stadium does not meet the league standards,^[4] thus Hyde United were reprieved from relegation.

[table_note_TBA0.28567633930858-10] Team Bath resigned from the league^[5]

[table_note_BOG0.28567633930858-12] Bognor Regis Town deducted 7 points^[6]

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"Mansfield hit by points deduction". BBC Sport. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.

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"Conference to demote King's Lynn". BBC Sport. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.

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"Team Bath resign from Conference". BBC Sport. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.

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"Bognor hit with seven-point deduction". The Argus. Brighton. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Burton Albion (C, P)	46	27	7	12	81	52	+29	88	Promotion to League Two
2	Cambridge United	46	24	14	8	65	39	+26	86	Qualification for Conference Premier play-offs
3	Histon	46	23	14	9	78	48	+30	83
4	Torquay United (P)	46	23	14	9	72	47	+25	83
5	Stevenage Borough	46	23	12	11	73	54	+19	81
6	Kidderminster Harriers	46	23	10	13	69	48	+21	79
7	Oxford United^{[lower-alpha 1]}	46	24	10	12	72	51	+21	77
8	Kettering Town	46	21	13	12	50	37	+13	76
9	Crawley Town^{[lower-alpha 2]}	46	19	14	13	77	55	+22	70
10	Wrexham	46	18	12	16	64	48	+16	66
11	Rushden & Diamonds	46	16	15	15	61	50	+11	63
12	Mansfield Town^{[lower-alpha 3]}	46	19	9	18	57	55	+2	62
13	Eastbourne Borough	46	18	6	22	58	70	−12	60
14	Ebbsfleet United	46	16	10	20	52	60	−8	58
15	Altrincham	46	15	11	20	49	66	−17	56
16	Salisbury City	46	14	13	19	54	64	−10	55
17	York City	46	11	19	16	47	51	−4	52
18	Forest Green Rovers	46	12	16	18	70	76	−6	52
19	Grays Athletic	46	14	10	22	44	64	−20	52
20	Barrow	46	12	15	19	51	65	−14	51
21	Woking (R)	46	10	14	22	37	60	−23	44	Relegation to Conference South
22	Northwich Victoria (R)	46	11	10	25	56	75	−19	43	Relegation to Conference North
23	Weymouth (R)	46	11	10	25	45	86	−41	43	Relegation to Conference South
24	Lewes (R)	46	6	6	34	28	89	−61	24	Relegation to Conference South

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

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andy 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
5	Jack Midson	Histon	20
7	Greg Pearson	Burton Albion	18
8	Colin Little	Altrincham	16
8	Justin Richards	Kidderminster Harriers	16
10	Shaun Harrad	Burton Albion	15
	Jefferson Louis	Wrexham
	Gareth Seddon	Kettering Town
	Richard Brodie	York City

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

Semifinals					Final

5	Southport	0	1	1

2	Gateshead	1	1	2
					2	Gateshead	1

					4	AFC Telford United	0
4	AFC Telford United	2	3	5

3	Alfreton Town	0	4	4

2008–09_Football_Conference

2008–09 Football Conference

Conference Premier

Promotion and relegation

League table

Results

Play-offs

Semifinals

Play-Off Final

Stadia and locations

Top goalscorers

Conference North

Promotion and relegation

League table

Results

Play-offs

Semifinals

Play-Off Final

Top goalscorers

Conference South

Promotion and relegation

League table

Results

Play-offs

Semifinals

Play-Off Final

Top goalscorers

References

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

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

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
10	Danny Hockton	Braintree Town	14