1995–96 Football Conference

April 2014 April 2014 Football Conference 1995–96 Stevenage Borough (1st Football Conference title) Promoted to the Football League None Conference League Cup winners Bromsgrove Rovers FA Trophy winners Macclesfield Town Relegated to Level 6 Dagenham & Redbridge,Runcorn JAM Barry Hayles (Stevenage Borough), 29 Macclesfield Town – Halifax Town 7–0 (9 March 1996);Morecambe – Altrincham 7–0 (17 February 1996) Runcorn F.C. Halton – Stevenage Borough 0–8 (25 November 1995) Slough Town – Kidderminster Harriers 5–4 (28 August 1995);Morecambe – Woking 4–5 (13 January 1997) 462 1384 Woking, 7 matches Stevenage Borough, 17 matches Dover Athletic, 9 matches Woking v Macclesfield Town, 4,583 (6 April 1996) ? 1,054 1994–95 1996–97 The Football Conference season of 1995–96 was the seventeenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons. Overview Stevenage Borough won the Conference championship during their second season in this league. However, they did not earn a promotion to the Football League because they did not meet Football League requirements. As of 2025, this is the last season when this happened. New teams in the league this season Hednesford Town (promoted 1994–95) Morecambe (promoted 1994–95) Slough Town (promoted 1994–95) Final league table main WDL QR STB Stevenage Borough WOK Woking HED Hednesford Town MAC Macclesfield Town GAT Gateshead SOU Southport KID Kidderminster Harriers NOR Northwich Victoria MOR Morecambe FAR Farnborough Town BRO Bromsgrove Rovers ALT Altrincham TEL Telford United STL Stalybridge Celtic HAL Halifax Town KET Kettering Town SLO Slough Town BAT Bath City WEL Welling United DOV Dover Athletic RUN Runcorn D&R Dagenham & Redbridge 27 10 5 101 44 25 8 9 83 54 23 7 12 71 46 22 9 11 66 49 18 13 11 58 46 18 12 12 77 64 18 10 14 78 66 16 12 14 72 64 17 8 17 78 72 15 14 13 63 58 15 14 13 59 57 15 13 14 59 64 15 10 17 51 56 16 7 19 59 68 13 13 16 49 63 13 9 20 68 84 13 8 21 63 76 13 7 22 45 66 10 15 17 42 53 11 7 24 51 74 9 8 25 48 87 7 12 23 43 73 C R R No promotion PRO Stevenage Borough were denied promotion to the Football League Third Division due to failing to meet Football League ground requirements. Reprived from relegation REP Dover Athletic were reprived from relegation because Northern Premier League champions Bamber Bridge did not meet Conference ground requirements. red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division RN red1 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division RI complete Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996. Results main FBR grey ALT BAT BRO D&R DOV FAR GAT HAL HED KET KID MAC MOR NOR RUN SLO SOU STL STB TEL WEL WOK Altrincham 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–4 3–0 3–4 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 Bath City 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–0 3–1 4–0 0–4 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–3 Bromsgrove Rovers 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–4 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–3 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 Dover Athletic 1–4 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–3 Farnborough Town 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 6–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 Gateshead 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 Halifax Town 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 Hednesford Town 2–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 Kettering Town 4–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–6 1–2 0–3 1–3 3–0 Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 6–1 3–1 1–0 0–4 4–2 2–1 4–1 4–3 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 Macclesfield Town 2–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 7–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 Morecambe 7–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 0–1 5–3 3–1 2–4 2–2 3–1 1–2 4–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–5 Northwich Victoria 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 6–2 5–2 1–2 2–1 4–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–0 Runcorn 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–4 4–3 1–1 0–1 0–8 2–3 1–3 2–3 Slough Town 1–2 1–1 2–3 5–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 5–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–5 2–1 2–6 1–2 0–0 2–3 Southport 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 7–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 6–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 5–3 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–2 Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–5 2–2 2–1 2–4 Stevenage Borough 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 4–1 4–0 Telford United 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 Welling United 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 Woking 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 5–1 3–2 Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996. England right 400 Locations of the Football Conference 1995–1996 teams England 53.38 -2.34 right England 51.38 -2.40 right England 52.34 -2.06 right England 51.54 0.14 right England 51.14 1.28 right England 51.31 -0.76 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 52.70 -1.99 right England 52.41 -0.73 right England 52.39 -2.25 right England 53.24 -2.13 right England 54.06 -2.88 right England 53.28 -2.47 right England 53.33 -2.71 right England 51.60 -0.63 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.48 -2.04 right England 51.90 -0.20 right England 52.68 -2.45 right England 51.46 0.12 right England 51.32 -0.56 right Altrincham Bath City Bromsgrove Dagenham & R Farnborough Gateshead Halifax Town Hednesford Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Macclesfield Morecambe Northwich Victoria Runcorn Slough Town Southport Stalybridge Stevenage Telford Welling Woking Dover Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football Conference teams 1995–1996 Greater London 51.54 0.14 right Greater London 51.46 0.12 right Dagenham & Redbridge Welling Promotion and relegation Promoted Hayes (from the Isthmian League) Rushden & Diamonds (from the Southern Premier League) Relegated Dagenham & Redbridge (to the Isthmian League) Runcorn (to the Northern Premier League) Top scorers in order of league goals Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total1 JAM Barry Hayles Stevenage Borough 29051352 ENG Joe O'Connor Hednesford Town 23102263 ENG Carl Alford Kettering Town 22210254 ENG Mark West Slough Town 2103428= ENG Chris Boothe Farnborough Town 21515326 ENG David Leworthy Dover Athletic 20113257 ENG Steve Harkus Gateshead 19001208 ENG Clive Walker Woking 18100199 WAL Carwyn Williams Northwich Victoria 173002010 ENG Andy Whittaker Southport 160132011 ENG Corey Browne Stevenage Borough 151001612 ENG Mike Bignall Runcorn 1420016= ENG Brian Butler Northwich Victoria 1424020= ENG Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 1410217= ENG Paul Davies Kidderminster Harriers 1400014= ENG Darran Hay Woking 1440018= ENG Junior Hunter Woking 1400014 References External links 1995–96 Conference National Results 1995–96 5