1988–89 Football Conference

April 2014 April 2014 Football Conference 1988–89 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 toLevel 6/Folded Weymouth,Newport County Steve Butler (Maidstone United), 26;Mark Gall (Maidstone United), 26 Maidstone United – Altrincham 7–2 (27 August 1988);Wycombe Wanderers – Stafford Rangers 6–1 (11 February 1989);Boston United – Barnet 5–0 (29 October 1988);Maidstone United – Yeovil Town 5–0 (22 October 1988);Runcorn – Aylesbury 5–0 (3 December 1988);Welling United – Aylesbury 5–0 (12 October 1988) Boston United – Runcorn 0–6 (28 September 1988) Maidstone United – Altrincham 7–2 (27 August 1988);Kidderminster Harriers – Maidstone United 3–6 (8 April 1989) 420 1236 Boston United, Chorley, Maidstone, Runcorn, 6 matches Maidstone, 17 matches Fisher Athletic, 6 matches Wycombe Wanderers v Kettering Town, 4,890 (8 April 1989) ? 1195 (– 4% compared to previous season) 1987–88 1989–90 The Football Conference season of 1988–89 (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. Overview 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. New teams in the league this season Aylesbury United (promoted 1987–88) Chorley (promoted 1987–88) Newport County (relegated from the Football League 1987–88) Yeovil Town (promoted 1987–88) Final league table main WDL PR MDS Maidstone United KET Kettering Town BOS Boston United WYC Wycombe Wanderers KID Kidderminster Harriers RUN Runcorn MAC Macclesfield Town BAR Barnet YEO Yeovil Town NOR Northwich Victoria WEL Welling United SUT Sutton United ENF Enfield ALT Altrincham CHL Cheltenham Town TEL Telford United CHO Chorley FIS Fisher Athletic STA Stafford Rangers AYL Aylesbury United WEY Weymouth NPC Newport County 25 9 6 92 46 23 7 10 56 39 22 8 10 61 51 20 11 9 68 52 21 6 13 68 57 19 8 13 77 53 17 10 13 63 57 18 7 15 64 69 15 11 14 68 67 14 11 15 64 65 14 11 15 45 46 12 15 13 64 54 14 8 18 62 67 13 10 17 51 61 12 12 16 55 58 13 9 18 37 43 13 6 21 57 71 10 11 19 55 65 11 7 22 49 74 9 9 22 43 71 7 10 23 37 70 CP R R green1 Promotion to the Football League Fourth Division CP red1 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division RI red1 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division RS black1 Club expelled and folded Newport County were expelled from the Football Conference on 27 February 1989, with their record (P29 W4 D7 L18 GF31 GA62 Pts19) being expunged. EXP complete Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–90. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1989. Results main FBR grey ALT AYL BAR BOS CHL CHO ENF FIS KET KID MAC MDS NOR RUN STA SUT TEL WEL WEY WYC YEO Altrincham 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 Aylesbury United 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–5 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–2 3–2 Barnet 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–4 2–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 4–1 1–0 2–0 Boston United 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–4 2–1 0–6 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 Cheltenham Town 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 Chorley 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 Enfield 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 3–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–4 1–1 Fisher Athletic 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 3–3 4–2 Kettering Town 0–1 5–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers 2–3 4–3 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–6 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 Macclesfield Town 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 Maidstone United 7–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–3 4–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 1–3 5–0 Northwich Victoria 4–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–4 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–2 Runcorn 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 Stafford Rangers 0–2 3–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–6 Sutton United 3–2 5–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 5–2 Telford United 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 Welling United 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–2 Weymouth 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–3 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–4 3–3 6–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 Yeovil Town 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 4–3 4–0 2–3 1–1 Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–80. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1989. UK England right 400 Locations of the Football Conference teams 1987–1988 UK England 53.38 -2.34 Altrincham right UK England 51.91 -0.66 Aylesbury right UK England 51.65 -0.19 Barnet top UK England 52.98 -0.02 Boston United left UK England 51.91 -2.06 Cheltenham Town right UK England 53.65 -2.63 Chorley right UK England 51.66 -0.04 Enfield right UK England 51.46 -0.08 Fisher Athletic bottom UK England 52.41 -0.73 Kettering Town right UK England 52.39 -2.25 Kidderminster Harriers right UK England 53.24 -2.13 Macclesfield Town right UK England 51.11 0.86 Maidstone United left UK England 51.59 -3.00 Newport County right UK England 53.28 -2.47 Northwich Victoria bottom UK England 53.33 -2.71 Runcorn F.C. Halton left UK England 52.82 -2.12 Stafford Rangers right UK England 51.37 -0.20 Sutton left UK England 52.68 -2.45 Telford United left UK England 51.46 0.12 Welling United right UK England 50.61 -2.46 Weymouth right UK England 51.63 -0.80 Wycombe Wanderers left UK England 50.95 -2.67 Yeovil Town right Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football Conference teams 1988–1989 Greater London 51.65 -0.19 right Greater London 51.66 -0.04 right Greater London 51.46 -0.08 right Greater London 51.37 -0.20 right Greater London 51.46 0.12 right Barnet Enfield Fisher Athletic Sutton Welling Top scorers Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total1 Steve Butler Maidstone United 2600127= Mark Gall Maidstone United 26201293 Chris Camden Stafford Rangers 2390234= Mark Carter Runcorn 23001245 Ken Charlery Maidstone United 22400266 Steve Burr Macclesfield Town 2105026= Don Page Runcorn 21103258 Paul Davies Kidderminster Harriers 2010425= Lenny Dennis Sutton United 2031529= Mark West Wycombe Wanderers 204202611 Ronnie Ellis Altrincham 1820020= Derrick Parker Northwich Victoria 182202213 Phil Power Chorley 1610017= Guy Whittingham Yeovil Town 160001615 Chris Cook Boston United 1561123= Dean Neal Fisher Athletic 1560021= Paul Wilson Boston United 155102118 Frank Murphy Barnet 1420218= Malcolm O'Connor Northwich Victoria 146112220 Gary Abbott Enfield 1341018= Phil Derbyshire Macclesfield Town 1300013= Ernie Moss Kettering Town 1313017 Promotion and relegation Promoted Maidstone United (to the Football League Fourth Division) Barrow (from the Northern Premier League) Farnborough Town (from the Isthmian League) Merthyr Tydfil (from the Southern League) Relegated Aylesbury (to the Isthmian League) Darlington (from the Football League Fourth Division) Weymouth (to the Southern League) References External links 1988–89 Conference National Results 1988–89 5