2013-14_Football_Conference

Conference Premier
Season	2013–14
Champions	Luton Town
Promoted	Luton Town; Cambridge United
Relegated	Tamworth; Hyde; Salisbury City; Hereford United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,491 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andre Gray (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Forest Green Rovers 8–0 Hyde
Biggest away win	Alfreton Town 0–5 Luton Town ; Nuneaton Town 0–5 Luton Town
Highest scoring	Cambridge United 7–2 Hyde; Forest Green Rovers 8–0 Hyde; Kidderminster Harriers 5–3 Tamworth; Hyde 2–6 Forest Green Rovers
Longest winning run	7 games; Luton Town
Longest unbeaten run	27 games; Luton Town
Longest winless run	26 games; Hyde
Longest losing run	12 games; Hyde
Average attendance	1863
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Football Conference
Season	2013–14
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Football Conference

Football league season

The 2013–14 Football Conference season was the tenth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions and the thirty-fourth 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 Premier division will be promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.

Quick Facts Season ...

Skrill sponsored the Conference for this season and the divisions were known as the Skrill Premier, the Skrill North and the Skrill South.^[1] Skrill terminated the sponsorship deal early, meaning a new title sponsor must be found for next season.

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[table_note_ALF0.53806339927859-4] Alfreton Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player

[table_hth_SAL0.53806339927859-6] On 13 June 2014, Salisbury City were demoted to the Conference South due to financial irregularities. Because of this, Dartford were reprieved from relegation.^[4] Salisbury were subsequently expelled from the Football Conference altogether on 4 July 2014, after which they went into liquidation.

[table_note_ALD0.53806339927859-7] Aldershot Town deducted ten points for entering administration

[table_hth_HER0.53806339927859-10] On 10 June 2014, Hereford United were expelled from the Conference due to financial irregularities. They were later accepted into the Southern League.^[5] Because of this, Chester were reprieved from relegation.^[6]

[table_note_HAR0.5240521535855-13] Harrogate Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player

[table_note_OXC0.5240521535855-14] Oxford City deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player

[table_note_H&Y0.80670156181171-16] On 10 June 2014, Hereford United were expelled due to financial irregularities. Because of this Hayes & Yeading were reprieved from relegation.^[9]

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"Football Conference Statement on Salisbury City FC". Football Conference. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

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"Hereford United accepted into Southern League Premier Division- subject to conditions". Hereford Times. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

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"Hereford thrown out of the Conference". Pitchero. 10 June 2014.

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"Football Conference Top Scorers". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

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"Football Conference Statement on Vauxhall Motors". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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"Hereford thrown out of the Conference". Pitchero. 10 June 2014.

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"Dover Athletic vs Sutton United". Be Soccer.

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"Ebbsfleet United 4–0 Bromley". Be Soccer.

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"Sutton United vs Dover Athletic". Be Soccer.

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"Bromley vs Ebbsfleet United". Be Soccer.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Luton Town (C, P)	46	30	11	5	102	35	+67	101	Promotion to Football League Two
2	Cambridge United (P)	46	23	13	10	72	35	+37	82	Qualification for Conference Premier play-offs
3	Gateshead	46	22	13	11	72	50	+22	79
4	Grimsby Town	46	22	12	12	65	46	+19	78
5	FC Halifax Town	46	22	11	13	85	58	+27	77
6	Braintree Town	46	21	11	14	57	39	+18	74
7	Kidderminster Harriers	46	20	12	14	66	59	+7	72
8	Barnet	46	19	13	14	58	53	+5	70
9	Woking	46	20	8	18	66	69	−3	68
10	Forest Green Rovers	46	19	10	17	80	66	+14	67
11	Alfreton Town^{[lower-alpha 1]}	46	21	7	18	69	74	−5	67
12	Salisbury City	46	19	10	17	58	63	−5	67^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Club folded
13	Nuneaton Town	46	18	12	16	54	60	−6	66
14	Lincoln City	46	17	14	15	60	59	+1	65
15	Macclesfield Town	46	18	7	21	62	63	−1	61
16	Welling United	46	16	12	18	59	61	−2	60
17	Wrexham	46	16	11	19	61	61	0	59
18	Southport	46	14	11	21	53	71	−18	53
19	Aldershot Town^{[lower-alpha 3]}	46	16	13	17	69	62	+7	51
20	Hereford United (R)	46	13	12	21	44	63	−19	51^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Demoted to the Southern League Premier Division
21	Chester	46	12	15	19	49	70	−21	51^{[lower-alpha 4]}
22	Dartford	46	12	8	26	49	74	−25	44^{[lower-alpha 2]}
23	Tamworth (R)	46	10	9	27	43	81	−38	39	Relegation to Conference North
24	Hyde (R)	46	1	7	38	38	119	−81	10	Relegation to Conference North

Semifinals					Final

2	Cambridge United	0	2	2

5	FC Halifax Town	1	0	1
					2	Cambridge United	2

					3	Gateshead	1
3	Gateshead	1	3	4

4	Grimsby Town	1	1	2

30 April 2014	FC Halifax Town	1–0	Cambridge United	The Shay, Halifax
19:45	Gregory 83' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,668 Referee: Simon Bennett

1 May 2014	Grimsby Town	1–1	Gateshead	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
19:45	Disley 24'	Report	Larkin 7'	Attendance: 5,234 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

4 May 2014	Cambridge United	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	FC Halifax Town	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
13:30	Sam-Yorke 11', 38'	Report		Attendance: 6,262 Referee: Darren Handley

2013-14_Football_Conference

2013–14 Football Conference

Conference Premier

Promotion and relegation

League table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Stadia and locations

Results

Top scorers

Conference North

Promotion and relegation

League table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Stadia and locations

Results

Conference South

Promotion and relegation

League table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Stadia and locations

Results

References

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4 May 2014	Gateshead	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Grimsby Town	Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead
16:30	Marwood 22', 84' O'Donnell 90+4'	Report	Disley 60'	Attendance: 8,144 Referee: Kevin Johnson

18 May 2014	Cambridge United	2–1	Gateshead	Wembley Stadium, London
16:00	Hughes 51' Donaldson 71'	BBC Report	Lester 80'	Attendance: 19,613 Referee: Peter Banks

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,500
FC Halifax Town	The Shay	14,061
Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	10,226
Lincoln City	Sincil Bank	10,120
Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium	9,617
Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	9,546
Aldershot Town	EBB Stadium	7,100
Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose	6,355
Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough	6,238
Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Chester	Deva Stadium	6,000
Hereford United	Edgar Street	5,966
Forest Green Rovers	The New Lawn	5,147
Barnet	The Hive Stadium	5,100
Salisbury City	The Raymond McEnhill Stadium	5,000
Nuneaton Town	Liberty Way	4,314
Hyde	Ewen Fields	4,250
Braintree Town	Cressing Road	4,145
Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
Welling United	Park View Road	4,000
Alfreton Town	North Street	3,600

Home \ Away	ALD	ALF	BAR	BRA	CAM	CHR	DAR	HAL	FGR	GAT	GRI	HER	HYD	KID	LIN	LUT	MAC	NUN	SAL	SOU	TAM	WEL	WOK	WRE
Aldershot Town		2–3	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	3–3	1–0	2–2	3–2	5–1	6–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Alfreton Town	1–4		3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–5	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–2	2–2	3–1	1–0
Barnet	1–3	1–0		1–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1
Braintree Town	1–0	3–1	0–3		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	3–0
Cambridge United	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	7–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0
Chester	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0		0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	3–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–0
Dartford	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	3–3	0–1		1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–3	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	5–1	1–5
FC Halifax Town	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–0	3–3	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	5–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–4	3–2
Forest Green Rovers	3–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–1	8–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1
Gateshead	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1		1–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–2	5–0	1–1	0–2	0–3
Grimsby Town	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	5–2	0–1	3–1	2–2		1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1
Hereford United	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–2
Hyde	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–5	2–6	0–2	0–1	2–2		1–3	3–4	0–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–5
Kidderminster Harriers	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1		4–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–3	2–0	2–0	3–1
Lincoln City	0–1	4–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0		0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–0
Luton Town	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	3–0	3–0	4–3	4–1	4–2	0–0	7–0	4–1	6–0	3–2		1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	5–0
Macclesfield Town	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2		0–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–2
Nuneaton Town	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–5	1–0		1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0
Salisbury City	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–1		1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–1
Southport	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1		2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2
Tamworth	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–4	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	3–4	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–1		1–1	2–4	2–2
Welling United	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	2–0		3–0	1–1
Woking	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–4		2–1
Wrexham	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andre Gray	Luton Town	30
2	Lee Gregory	FC Halifax Town	29
3	Brett Williams	Aldershot Town	24
4	James Norwood	Forest Green Rovers	18
	John Akinde	Alfreton Town
	Scott Boden	Macclesfield Town
	Ben Tomlinson	Lincoln City
8	Paul Benson	Luton Town	17
	Louis Moult	Nuneaton Town
	Scott Rendell	Woking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	AFC Telford United (C, P)	42	25	10	7	82	53	+29	85	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	North Ferriby United	42	24	10	8	80	51	+29	82	Qualification for Conference North play-offs
3	Altrincham (P)	42	24	9	9	95	51	+44	81
4	Hednesford Town	42	24	6	12	87	65	+22	78
5	Guiseley	42	23	9	10	78	56	+22	78
6	Boston United	42	20	12	10	85	60	+25	72
7	Brackley Town	42	18	15	9	66	45	+21	69
8	Solihull Moors	42	17	14	11	63	52	+11	65
9	Harrogate Town^{[lower-alpha 1]}	42	19	9	14	75	59	+16	63
10	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	12	15	66	70	−4	57
11	Barrow	42	14	14	14	50	56	−6	56
12	Colwyn Bay	42	14	12	16	63	67	−4	54
13	Leamington	42	13	13	16	54	53	+1	52
14	Stockport County	42	12	14	16	58	57	+1	50
15	Worcester City	42	13	11	18	40	53	−13	50
16	Gainsborough Trinity	42	13	6	23	67	86	−19	45
17	Gloucester City	42	11	11	20	64	77	−13	44
18	Vauxhall Motors	42	12	8	22	43	74	−31	44	Resigned at end of season
19	Stalybridge Celtic	42	10	9	23	57	88	−31	39
20	Oxford City^{[lower-alpha 2]}	42	9	13	20	50	70	−20	37
21	Histon (R)	42	7	11	24	42	76	−34	32	Relegation to Southern League Premier Division
22	Workington (R)	42	6	10	26	39	85	−46	28	Relegation to Northern Premier League Premier Division

30 April 2014	Guiseley	2–0	North Ferriby United	Nethermoor Park, Guiseley
19:45	Boyes 37' Johnson 49'	Report		Attendance: 1,164

30 April 2014	Hednesford Town	2–2	Altrincham	Keys Park, Hednesford
19:45	Melbourne 33' Glover 58'	Report	Reeves 14' Walshaw 61'	Attendance: 1,209

3 May 2014	North Ferriby United	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	Guiseley	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
15:00		Report	Brooksby 60'	Attendance: 924

3 May 2014	Altrincham	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Hednesford Town	Moss Lane, Altrincham
15:00	Reeves 85' Lawrie 87'	Report	Thorley 80'	Attendance: 1,974

Semifinals					Final

2	Sutton United	1	0	1

5	Dover Athletic	1	3	4
					5	Dover Athletic	1

					4	Ebbsfleet United	0
3	Bromley	0	1	1

4	Ebbsfleet United	4	0	4

30 April 2014	Dover Athletic	1–1	Sutton United	Crabble Athletic Ground, River
19:45	Ademola 43'		Dundas 1'	Attendance: 1,273^[10]

30 April 2014	Ebbsfleet United	4–0	Bromley	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
19:45	May 1' Bricknell 9' (pen.) Howe 64' McMahon 83'			Attendance: 1,693^[11]

3 May 2014	Sutton United	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	Dover Athletic	Gander Green Lane, London (Sutton)
15:00			Modeste 57' 77' Ademola 79'	Attendance: 1,671^[12]

10 May 2014	Altrincham	2–1	Guiseley	Moss Lane, Altrincham
15:00	Lawrie 51' Wilkinson 119'	Report	Forrest 70'	Attendance: 4,632

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Telford United	New Bucks Head	6,300
Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
Barrow	Holker Street	5,000
Boston United	York Street	6,643
Brackley Town	St. James Park	3,500
Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	3,500
Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	2,500
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,304
Gloucester City	Whaddon Road	7,066
Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	3,000
Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road	3,800
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Histon	Bridge Road	4,300
Leamington	New Windmill Ground	2,300
North Ferriby United	Grange Lane	2,700
Oxford City	Court Place Farm	2,000
Solihull Moors	Damson Park	3,050
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
Stockport County	Edgeley Park	10,841
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park	3,300
Worcester City	Aggborough	6,302
Workington	Borough Park	3,101

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Eastleigh (C, P)	42	26	8	8	71	40	+31	86	Promotion to 2014–15 Conference Premier
2	Sutton United	42	23	12	7	77	39	+38	81	Qualification for Conference South play-offs
3	Bromley	42	25	5	12	82	50	+32	80
4	Ebbsfleet United	42	21	11	10	67	40	+27	74
5	Dover Athletic (P)	42	20	9	13	63	38	+25	69
6	Havant & Waterlooville	42	19	12	11	57	43	+14	69
7	Bath City	42	18	12	12	64	52	+12	66
8	Staines Town	42	18	9	15	56	57	−1	63
9	Concord Rangers	42	17	10	15	58	59	−1	61
10	Eastbourne Borough	42	16	10	16	55	59	−4	58
11	Weston-super-Mare	42	16	9	17	50	55	−5	57
12	Gosport Borough	42	16	7	19	46	51	−5	55
13	Boreham Wood	42	14	11	17	65	55	+10	53
14	Basingstoke Town	42	15	8	19	55	56	−1	53
15	Bishop's Stortford	42	13	13	16	63	68	−5	52
16	Farnborough	42	15	5	22	62	78	−16	50
17	Chelmsford City	42	14	7	21	57	77	−20	49
18	Maidenhead United	42	12	10	20	55	69	−14	46
19	Whitehawk	42	12	10	20	56	71	−15	46
20	Hayes & Yeading United^{[lower-alpha 1]}	42	13	6	23	45	52	−7	45
21	Tonbridge Angels (R)	42	9	13	20	43	77	−34	40	Relegation to 2014–15 Isthmian League Premier Division
22	Dorchester Town (R)	42	8	7	27	33	94	−61	31	Relegation to 2014–15 Southern League Premier Division

3 May 2014	Bromley	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Ebbsfleet United	Courage Stadium, London (Bromley)
15:00	Waldren 25'			Attendance: 1,441^[13]

10 May 2014	Ebbsfleet United	0–1	Dover Athletic	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
15:00		Report	Elder 55'	Attendance: 4,294

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Basingstoke Town	The Camrose	6,000
Bath City	Twerton Park	8,840
Bishop's Stortford	ProKit UK Stadium	4,525
Boreham Wood	Meadow Park	4,502
Bromley	Courage Stadium	6,000
Chelmsford City	Melbourne Stadium	3,019
Concord Rangers	Thames Road	1,500
Dorchester Town	The Avenue Stadium	5,009
Dover Athletic	Crabble Athletic Ground	6,500
Eastbourne Borough	Langney Sports Club	4,134
Eastleigh	Silverlake Stadium	3,500
Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road	4,100
Farnborough	Cherrywood Stadium	4,000
Gosport Borough	Privett Park	4,500
Havant & Waterlooville	West Leigh Park	5,250
Hayes & Yeading United	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Maidenhead United	York Road	3,000
Staines Town	Wheatsheaf Park	3,009
Sutton United	Gander Green Lane	7,032
Tonbridge Angels	Longmead Stadium	3,000
Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Whitehawk	The Enclosed Ground	2,000