1996–97 Football Conference

April 2014 April 2014 Football Conference 1996–97 Macclesfield Town (2nd Football Conference title) Promoted to the Football League Macclesfield Town Conference League Cup winners Kidderminster Harriers FA Trophy winners Woking (3rd FA Trophy title Relegated to Level 6 Altrincham,Bath City,Bromsgrove Rovers ENG Lee Hughes (Kidderminster Harriers), 30 Woking – Altrincham 7–1 (30 November 1996);Kidderminster Harriers – Bath City 6–0 (28 December 1996);Slough Town – Telford United 6–0 (19 October 1996);Stevenage Borough – Halifax Town 6–0 (17 August 1996) Slough Town – Stevenage Borough 1–6 (1 January 1997);Bromsgrove Rovers – Northwich Victoria 0–5 (1 March 1997);Dover Athletic – Kidderminster Harriers 0–5 (24 August 1996);Telford United – Rushden & Diamonds 0–5 (7 December 1996) Halifax Town – Bath City 4–5 (15 February 1997) 462 1306 Macclesfield Town, 8 matches Morecambe, 12 matches Bromsgrove Rovers, 7 matches Stevenage Borough v Kidderminster Harriers, 6,489 (25 January 1997) ? 1,258 1995–96 1997–98 The Football Conference season of 1996–97 was the eighteenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons. Overview Macclesfield Town won their second Conference title in three years, and this time earned a promotion to the Football League – thanks to their upgraded stadium – at the expense of Hereford United. New teams in the league this season Hayes (promoted 1995–96) Rushden & Diamonds (promoted 1995–96) Final league table main WDL PR MAC Macclesfield Town KID Kidderminster Harriers STB Stevenage Borough MOR Morecambe WOK Woking NOR Northwich Victoria FAR Farnborough Town HED Hednesford Town TEL Telford United GAT Gateshead SOU Southport R&D Rushden & Diamonds STL Stalybridge Celtic KET Kettering Town HAY Hayes SLO Slough Town DOV Dover Athletic WEL Welling United HAL Halifax Town BAT Bath City BRO Bromsgrove Rovers ALT Altrincham 27 9 6 80 30 26 7 9 84 42 24 10 8 87 53 19 9 14 69 56 18 10 14 71 63 17 12 13 61 54 16 13 13 58 53 16 12 14 52 50 16 10 16 46 56 15 11 16 59 63 15 10 17 51 61 14 11 17 61 63 14 10 18 53 58 14 9 19 53 62 12 14 16 54 55 12 14 16 62 65 12 14 16 57 68 13 9 20 50 60 12 12 18 55 74 12 11 19 53 80 12 5 25 41 67 9 12 21 49 73 CP R R R green1 Promotion to the Football League Third Division CP red1 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division RS RS red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division RN complete Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997–98. Headline, 1997. Results main FBR grey ALT BAT BRO DOV FAR GAT HAL HAY HED KET KID MAC MOR NOR R&D SLO SOU STL STB TEL WEL WOK Altrincham 1–3 3–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 4–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 Bath City 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–2 3–2 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–5 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 Dover Athletic 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–5 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–4 2–1 5–1 Farnborough Town 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 Gateshead 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 2–3 1–2 3–2 Halifax Town 1–1 4–5 1–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–3 1–3 4–1 2–0 4–1 4–2 0–3 1–1 0–4 Hayes 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 Hednesford Town 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–4 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 Kettering Town 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–5 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–0 Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 6–0 1–2 4–1 2–3 3–2 3–0 5–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 Macclesfield Town 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 Morecambe 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–4 2–2 5–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 Northwich Victoria 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 5–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 Rushden & Diamonds 3–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 Slough Town 0–1 5–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–4 5–0 1–1 4–1 1–6 6–0 3–3 3–0 Southport 1–3 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–5 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 4–1 Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–2 2–0 2–5 2–3 3–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 Stevenage Borough 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 4–1 6–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 4–2 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–3 Telford United 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–3 2–2 0–5 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 Welling United 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–4 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 Woking 7–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997–98. Headline, 1997. England right 400 Locations of the Football Conference 1996–1997 teams England 53.38 -2.34 right England 51.38 -2.40 right England 52.34 -2.06 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 51.52 -0.42 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 52.32 -0.61 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 Farnborough Gateshead Halifax Town Hednesford Hayes Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Macclesfield Morecambe Northwich Victoria Rushden & Diamonds Slough Town Southport Stalybridge Stevenage Telford Welling Woking Dover Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football Conference teams 1996–1997 Greater London 51.52 -0.42 right Greater London 51.46 0.12 right Hayes Welling Promotion and relegation Promoted Macclesfield Town (to the Football League Third Division) Cheltenham Town (from the Southern Premier League) Leek Town (from the Northern Premier League) Yeovil Town (from the Isthmian League) Relegated Hereford United (from the Football League Third Division) Altrincham (to the Northern Premier League) Bath City (to the Southern Premier League) Bromsgrove Rovers (to the Southern Premier League) Top scorers in order of league goals Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total1 ENG Lee Hughes Kidderminster Harriers 30121342 JAM Lennie Dennis Welling United 21112253 ENG Andy Whittaker Southport 19620274 ENG Gary Abbott Slough Town 18000185 ENG Justin Jackson Woking 17420236 JAM Barry Hayles Stevenage Borough 1632021= ENG David Leworthy Rushden & Diamonds 1640020= ENG Lee Steele Northwich Victoria 16000169 ENG Joe O'Connor Hednesford 1590024= ENG Paul Thompson Gateshead 1561123= ENG Clive Walker Woking 1531019= ENG Steve Wood Macclesfield Town 150011613 ENG Mike Davis Bath City 1470021= ENG Neil Doherty Kidderminster Harriers 1411016= ENG Niell Hardy Altrincham 1431018= ENG Mickey Norbury Halifax Town 140001417 ENG Carl Alford Rushden & Diamonds 1320015= ENG Ian Arnold Stalybridge Celtic 1300013= ENG Chris Boothe Farnborough Town 1390325= ENG Martin Randall Hayes 1304017= ENG Phil Wingfield Farnborough Town 1321016 References External links 1996–97 Conference National Results 1996–97 5