2007–08 Football Conference

April 2014 April 2014 Football Conference 2007-08 2008-09 2006-07 The 2007–08 season was the 29th season of the Football Conference. Conference Premier A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 19 sides from last season, one relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South. Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2006–07 Conference North Droylsden Farsley Celtic Teams promoted from 2006–07 Conference South Histon Salisbury City Teams relegated from 2006–07 League Two Torquay United Boston United were also relegated from the Football League, but were placed in the Conference North due to financial problems. Altrincham, who had finished in the relegation zone in the 2006–07 season, were reprieved in order for the division to remain at 24 teams. Overall Aldershot Town made a return to the Football League, Aldershot F.C. having actually folded during the league season of 1991–92 league season. Its successor Aldershot Town F.C., however, actually made an exceptionally bad start of the season, losing two of their first three home games, but after that they gained a form that produced Football Conference records, such as their 31 wins and the 101 points, wrapping up the title and the promotion well ahead of the end of the season. A key factor was their ability to avoid drawn matches, of which they only had eight. And even then six of them occurred during the nine games when they were wrapping up the title. The play-offs saw local rivals Exeter City and Torquay United facing each other for a chance to play for a promotion to the Football League. Torquay had the upper hand at first, winning the first leg on Exeter's soil with 1–2, and they on home ground they were leading 1–0 (3–1 aggregate) with just 20 minutes left, when Exeter ended their hopes with a burst of four goals to wrap up the series with a 5–3 aggregate win. Exeter eventually won 1–0 over Cambridge United at Wembley to seal their return to the League. As usual, the biggest average crowds were seen in Oxford, with an average of 4,728 spectators per game and an aggregate of 108,750, but actually they fell fifth in highest attendances, with the West Country derby between Exeter City and Torquay United drawing the biggest crowd of the season with 7,839 spectators, followed by the Cambridgeshire derby of Cambridge United v Histon with 7,125, another West Country derby between Torquay and Exeter with 6,021 and even Aldershot Town v Weymouth with 5,980, leaving Oxford behind in their top drawing match against Crawley Town with their 5,900 spectators. Droylsden had the fewest spectators, with an aggregate of 14,800, meaning an average crowd of 643 spectators, with a high of 1,178 against Altrincham. League table Conference Premier 2007–08 Soccerbase Aldershot Town (1st Football Conference title) Promoted to League Two Aldershot Town,Exeter City Relegated to Conference North/Conference South Droylsden,Farsley Celtic,Stafford Rangers Relegated to Level 8 Halifax Town Promoted for the next season Barrow,Eastbourne Borough,Kettering Town,Lewes Stuart Fleetwood (Forest Green Rovers), 28 Kidderminster Harriers – Stafford Rangers 6–0 (4 March 2008) Weymouth – Forest Green Rovers 0–6 (4 March 2008) Ebbsfleet – Kidderminster 5–4 (15 September 2007);Histon – Torquay United 4–5 (18 September 2007) 552 1559 ? ? ? Exeter City v Torquay United, 7,839 (26 December 2007) Droylsden v Ebbsfleet, 252 (17 April 2008) 1,799 (– 6% compared with the previous season) 2006–07 2008–09 main WDL Conference Premier 5 QR ALD Aldershot Town CAM Cambridge United TOR Torquay United EXE Exeter City BRT Burton Albion STB Stevenage Borough HIS Histon FGR Forest Green Rovers OXF Oxford United GRY Grays Athletic EBB Ebbsfleet United SAL Salisbury City KID Kidderminster Harriers YOR York City CRA Crawley Town R&D Rushden & Diamonds WOK Woking WEY Weymouth NOR Northwich Victoria HAL Halifax Town ALT Altrincham FAR Farsley Celtic STA Stafford Rangers DRO Droylsden 31 8 7 82 48 C,P 25 11 10 68 41 26 8 12 83 57 22 17 7 83 58 O,P 23 12 11 79 56 24 7 15 82 55 20 12 14 76 67 19 14 13 76 59 20 11 15 56 48 19 13 14 58 47 19 12 15 65 61 18 14 14 70 60 19 10 17 74 57 17 11 18 71 74 19 9 18 73 67 -6 15 14 17 55 55 12 17 17 53 61 11 13 22 53 73 11 11 24 52 78 12 16 18 61 70 -10 9 14 23 56 82 10 9 27 48 86 R 5 10 31 42 99 R 5 9 32 46 103 R Crawley Town were deducted 6 points for a breach of financial regulations.Football ConferenceAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes , 10 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007. Halifax Town were deducted 10 points for entering administration and later resigned from the Conference due to financial problems. These resulted in the folding of the club, but it was soon reformed with name F.C. Halifax Town, and was able to play competitive football in Northern Premier League Division One North, on Level 8 of the English football league system. green1 Promotion to Football League Two P yellow1 Qualification for the Conference Premier play-offs Q Q Q Q black1 Club resigned and folded FLD red1 Relegation to Conference North RN RN RN 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007–2008. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2008.https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/2007-08.html England 2007–08 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 18 November 2010 Locations England left 369 Locations of the Conference Premier 2007–08 teams England 51.25 -0.75 right England 53.38 -2.35 right England 52.80 -1.68 right England 52.21 0.12 right England 51.12 -0.19 right England 53.48 -2.16 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 53.81 -1.67 right England 51.70 -2.22 right England 51.44 0.37 right England 51.48 0.33 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 52.26 0.10 right England 52.39 -2.25 right England 53.28 -2.47 right England 51.75 -1.26 right England 52.32 -0.61 right England 51.90 -0.20 right England 51.32 -0.56 right England 53.96 -1.08 right England 51.07 -1.79 right England 52.81 -2.12 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 50.61 -2.46 right Aldershot Town Altrincham Burton Albion Cambridge United Crawley Town Exeter City Droylsden Forest Green Rovers Farsley Celtic Ebbsfleet United Grays Athletic Halifax Town Histon Kidderminster Harriers Northwich Victoria Oxford United Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury City Stafford Rangers Stevenage Borough Torquay United Weymouth Woking York City Results main FBR grey ALD ALT BRT CAM CRA DRO EBB EXE FAR FGR GRY HAL HIS KID NOR OXF R&D SAL STA STB TOR WEY WOK YOR Aldershot Town 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 4–3 0–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–3 3–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 Altrincham 1–2 0–0 0–3 2–3 3–2 1–3 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–5 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–2 Burton Albion 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–4 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–3 0–2 4–1 1–2 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 4–3 Cambridge United 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 Crawley Town 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 1–2 2–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 5–3 6–1 Droylsden 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–3 5–3 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–4 Ebbsfleet United 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 5–4 2–1 1–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 Exeter City 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 4–2 4–1 4–0 4–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 Farsley Celtic 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–5 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–3 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 4–2 3–0 1–4 Forest Green Rovers 2–3 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 4–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 Grays Athletic 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–3 0–1 5–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 5–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 Halifax Town 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–6 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 Histon 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–3 1–4 4–5 2–2 0–1 3–1 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 6–0 0–2 2–5 0–2 1–1 3–0 Northwich Victoria 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–3 3–3 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–3 0–2 1–3 2–2 1–3 0–1 Oxford United 2–3 4–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 5–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 Rushden & Diamonds 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 Salisbury City 0–4 3–3 2–0 0–2 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–3 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 Stafford Rangers 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–5 0–2 1–3 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–5 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–4 Stevenage Borough 3–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 5–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 3–2 Torquay United 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–2 4–0 2–0 4–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 Weymouth 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–6 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 Woking 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–0 0–3 York City 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–3 Soccerbase Play-offs 2008 Conference Premier play-off Final 2/1 y y Semifinals1st leg 1/2 May; 2nd leg 5/6 May Final at Wembley18 May 2008 2nd Cambridge United 2 2 4 5th Burton Albion 2 1 3 3rd Torquay United 2 1 3 4th Exeter City 1 4 5 2nd Cambridge United 0 4th Exeter City 1 Semifinals 2 May 2008 19:45 1st Leg Burton Albion 2–2 https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/240645 Cambridge United Clare 66 pen. Stride 69 McEvilly 78 pen. 84 Pirelli Stadium Burton upon Trent S Hooper 5,757 6 May 2008 19:30 2nd Leg Cambridge United 2–1 https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match?gameId=240647 Burton Albion Wolleaston 1 62 Clare 14 Abbey Stadium Cambridge M Mullarkey 7,276 Cambridge United won 4–3 on Aggregate. 1 May 2008 19:45 1st Leg Exeter City 1–2 https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/240644 Torquay United Carlisle 76 Sills 37 Zebroski 90+1 St James Park Exeter 8,276 5 May 2008 2nd Leg Torquay United 1–4 https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/240646 Exeter City Hill 59 Harley 70 Watson 81 pen. Logan 89 Carlisle 90+4 Plainmoor Torquay C Sarginson 6,015 Exeter City won 5–3 on Aggregate. Play-Off Final 18 May 2008 16:00 Cambridge United 0–1 Report Exeter City Edwards 22 Wembley Stadium London Craig Pawson 42,511 Top scorers in order of league goals Rank Player Club League Play-offs FA Cup FA Trophy Total1 ENG Stuart Fleetwood Forest Green Rovers 28062362 WAL Steve Morison Stevenage Borough 22001233 ENG Colin Little Altrincham 21011244 ENG John Grant Aldershot Town 2000525= ENG Jon Shaw Halifax Town 20014256 IRL Daryl Clare Burton Albion 1932324= ENG Tim Sills Torquay United 19102228 ENG Richard Logan Exeter City 1810019= ENG Chris Zebroski Torquay United 1820020= ENG Matt Tubbs Salisbury City 180001811 ENG Scott Rendell Cambridge United 1704219= ENG Mark Beesley Forest Green Rovers /Cambridge United 1702019= ENG Iyseden Christie Kidderminster Harriers 1700017 Source: Conference North Conference North 2007–08 Kettering Town (1st Football Conference North title) Direct promotion Kettering Town Promoted through play-offs Barrow demoted to Level 7, expelled or reformed Leigh RMI;Nuneaton (reformed and demoted);Boston United (expelled) Promoted for the next season Fleetwood Town,Gateshead,King's Lynn Blyth Spartans – Worcester City 6–0 (12 April 2008);Kettering Town – Vauxhall Motors 6–0 (18 August 2007);Stalybridge Celtic – Redditch United 6–0 (26 April 2008) Vauxhall Motors – Kettering Town 0–6 (1 March 2008) Hyde United – Vauxhall Motors 6–3 (13 August 2007) 462 ? ? ? ? ? ? 2006–07 2008–09 Promotion and relegation A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, one relegated from Football League Two, two relegated from the Conference National and two promoted from the Northern Premier League. Teams promoted from 2006–07 Northern Premier League Premier Division Burscough AFC Telford United Teams relegated from 2006–07 Conference National Tamworth Southport Teams relegated from 2006–07 League Two Boston United Boston United were transferred down two divisions due to financial problems. At the end of the season still under entering administration, Boston United were relegated another division down. League table main WDL Conference North PR KET Kettering Town TEL AFC Telford United STL Stalybridge Celtic SOU Southport BRW Barrow HAR Harrogate Town NUN Nuneaton Borough BUR Burscough HYD Hyde United BOS Boston United GAI Gainsborough Trinity WRC Worcester City RED Redditch United WRK Workington TAM Tamworth ALF Alfreton Town SOL Solihull Moors BLY Blyth Spartans HIN Hinckley United HUC Hucknall Town VAU Vauxhall Motors LEI Leigh RMI 30 7 5 93 34 24 8 10 70 43 25 4 13 88 51 22 11 9 77 50 21 13 8 70 39 21 11 10 55 41 19 14 9 58 40 19 8 15 62 58 20 3 19 84 66 17 8 17 65 57 15 12 15 62 65 14 12 16 48 68 15 8 19 41 58 13 11 18 52 56 13 11 18 53 59 12 11 19 49 54 12 11 19 50 76 12 10 20 52 62 11 12 19 48 69 11 6 25 53 75 7 7 28 42 100 6 8 28 36 87 CP OP R R R green1 Promotion to Conference Premier P yellow1 Qualification for the Conference North play-offs PP PP PP PP red1 Demoted to the Southern League Division One Midlands In June 2008, Nuneaton Borough went into liquidation but were immediately reformed as Nuneaton Town. They underwent a double demotion to the Southern League Division One Midlands, Level 8 of the English football league system. DEM red1 Demoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division Boston United were demoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division for failing exit administration by the end of the season. R1 #CCCCFF Transferred to Conference South TCS inherit Reprieved from relegation Hucknall Town and Vauxhall Motors were reprieved from relegation due to the demotions of Nuneaton Borough and Boston United. NR NR red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division R2 complete Locations England none 400 Locations of the Football Conference North 2007–2008 teams England 52.68 -2.45 right England 53.09 -1.38 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 55.12 -1.51 right England 52.98 -0.02 right England 53.60 -2.84 right England 53.40 -0.77 right England 53.99 -1.51 right England 52.56 -1.34 right England 53.03 -1.22 right England 53.44 -2.08 right England 52.41 -0.73 right England 53.50 -2.52 right England 52.52 -1.44 right England 52.31 -1.95 right England 52.44 -1.76 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.48 -2.04 right England 52.63 -1.70 right England 53.28 -2.90 right England 52.21 -2.22 right England 54.64 -3.55 right AFC Telford United Alfreton Town Barrow Blyth Spartans Boston United Burscough Gainsborough Trinity Harrogate Town Hinckley United Hucknall Town Hyde United Kettering Town Leigh RMI Nuneaton Borough Redditch United Solihull Moors Southport Stalybridge Tamworth Vauxhall Motors Worcester City Workington Results main FBR grey TEL ALF BRW BLY BOS BUR GAI HAR HIN HUC HYD KET LEI NUN RED SOL SOU STL TAM VAU WRC WRK AFC Telford United 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 6–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–5 3–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 3–3 Alfreton Town 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–4 1–2 0–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 Barrow 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 Blyth Spartans 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 6–0 0–2 Boston United 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 5–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 2–0 Burscough 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 5–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 Gainsborough Trinity 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 3–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 Harrogate Town 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 Hinckley United 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 Hucknall Town 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 0–2 2–0 5–0 1–3 Hyde United 0–2 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 5–2 4–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–0 6–3 3–1 1–2 Kettering Town 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 5–2 3–2 0–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 6–1 5–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 6–0 3–0 3–1 Leigh RMI 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–5 1–4 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 2–1 Nuneaton Borough 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–2 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 Redditch United 1–1 0–5 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 Solihull Moors 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 0–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 Southport 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–4 5–1 3–2 2–1 0–3 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 6–0 4–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 Tamworth 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 Vauxhall Motors 3–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–4 0–6 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–5 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–5 Worcester City 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 3–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 0–3 1–0 2–2 Workington 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 5–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008–2009. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2008. Play-offs 2/1 y y Semifinals Final in Burton 2nd AFC Telford United 0 0 0 5th Barrow 2 2 4 3rd Stalybridge Celtic (pen.) 0 2 2 (5) 4th Southport 1 1 2 (3) 3rd Stalybridge Celtic 0 5th Barrow 1 Semifinals 30 April 2008 1st Leg Barrow 2–0 AFC Telford United Tait 72 Rogan 82 Holker Street Barrow 2,701 4 May 2008 15:00 BST 2nd Leg AFC Telford United 0–2 Barrow Reynolds 33 o.g. Tait 78 New Bucks Head Telford 4,123 Barrow won 4–0 on Aggregate. 30 April 2008 1st Leg Southport 1–0 https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/sport/football/news/southport-1-v-stalybridge-celtic-6629475 Stalybridge Celtic Blakeman 36 Haig Avenue Southport 1,361 4 May 2008 2nd Leg Stalybridge Celtic 2–1 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stalybridge-celtic-2-1-southport-952859 Southport Winn 31 Payne 70 Skyes 87 o.g. Torpey Barwick Payne Meechan Winn 5–3 Barratt Robinson Gray Blakeman Bower Fold Stalybridge John Simpson 1,735 Stalybridge Celtic won 5–3 on penalties after tying 2–2 on Aggregate. Play-Off Final 9 May 2008 Stalybridge Celtic 0–1 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/barrow-1-stalybridge-celtic-0-953711 Barrow Henney 58 Pirelli Stadium Burton 2,530 Conference South Conference South 2007–08 Lewes (1st Football Conference South title) Direct promotion Lewes Promoted through play-offs Eastbourne Borough Relegated to Level 7 Cambridge City,Sutton United Promoted for the next season Chelmsford City,Team Bath,AFC Wimbledon,Worcester City Bromley – Thurrock 8–1 (26 December 2007) Bognor Regis – Lewes 0–5 (27 August 2007);Maidenhead –Eastleigh 0–5 (8 March 2008);St Albans City – Thurrock 0–5 (19 September 2007);Thurrock – Hampton & Richmond 0–5 (7 September 2007) Bromley – Thurrock 8–1 (26 December 2007) 462 1339 ? ? ? ? ? ? 2006–07 2008–09 Promotion and relegation A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, one relegated from the Conference National, two promoted from the Isthmian League and two promoted from the Southern Football League. Teams promoted from 2006–07 Southern League Premier Division Bath City Maidenhead United Teams promoted from 2006–07 Isthmian League Premier Division Hampton & Richmond Borough Bromley Teams relegated from 2006–07 Conference National St Albans City League table main WDL 5 Conference South PR LEW Lewes EAB Eastbourne Borough H&R Hampton & Richmond Borough FIS Fisher Athletic BRA Braintree Town EAS Eastleigh H&W Havant & Waterlooville BAT Bath City NPC Newport County BST Bishop's Stortford BRO Bromley THU Thurrock H&Y Hayes & Yeading United CAM Cambridge City BAS Basingstoke Town WEL Welling United MDH Maidenhead United BOG Bognor Regis Town SAC St Albans City WSM Weston-super-Mare DOR Dorchester Town SUT Sutton United 27 8 7 81 39 23 11 8 83 38 21 14 7 87 49 22 5 15 65 61 19 12 11 52 42 19 10 13 76 62 19 10 13 59 53 17 15 10 59 36 18 12 12 64 49 18 10 14 72 60 19 7 16 77 66 18 9 15 63 64 14 12 16 67 73 14 10 18 71 72 12 14 16 54 75 13 7 22 41 64 11 12 19 56 59 11 11 20 49 67 10 12 20 43 69 9 10 23 52 85 8 10 24 36 70 5 9 28 32 86 CP OP R R green1 Promotion to Conference Premier CP yellow1 Qualification for the Conference South play-offs PP PP PP PP red1 Demoted to the Southern League Premier Division Cambridge City were demoted for failing to comply to stadium regulations. DEM inherit Reprieved from relegation Weston-super-Mare and Dorchester Town were reprieved from relegation due to the demotion of Cambridge City and the folding of Halifax Town in the Conference Premier. NR NR red1 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division R complete Locations England left 400 Locations of the Football Conference South 2007–2008 teams England 51.25 -1.11 right England 51.38 -2.40 right England 51.87 0.17 right England 50.79 -0.69 right England 51.88 0.57 right England 51.41 0.02 right England 52.21 0.12 right England 50.70 -2.45 right England 50.80 0.32 right England 50.95 -1.37 right England 51.46 -0.08 right England 51.42 -0.37 right England 50.88 -0.97 right England 51.52 -0.45 right England 50.87 0.01 right England 51.52 -0.72 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 51.76 -0.33 right England 51.37 -0.27 right England 51.49 0.26 right England 51.46 0.12 right England 51.33 -2.96 right Bath City Bromley Hampton & R. Maidenhead Basingstoke Bishop's Stortford Bognor Regis Braintree Cambridge City Dorchester Eastbourne Eastleigh Fisher Athletic Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading Lewes Newport County St Albans City Sutton Thurrock Welling Weston-super-Mare Greater London center 369 Locations of the Football Conference South London teams 2007–2008 Greater London 51.41 0.02 right Greater London 51.46 -0.08 right Greater London 51.42 -0.37 right Greater London 51.52 -0.42 right Greater London 51.37 -0.20 right Greater London 51.49 0.26 right Greater London 51.46 0.12 right Bromley Fisher Athletic Hampton & Richmond Hayes & Yeading Sutton Thurrock Welling Results main FBR grey BAS BAT BST BOG BRA BRO CAM DOR EAB EAS FIS H&R H&W H&Y LEW MDH NPC SAC SUT THU WEL WSM Basingstoke Town 0–4 1–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–4 1–5 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 Bath City 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–0 Bishop's Stortford 0–0 1–1 5–3 3–4 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 6–2 4–1 0–1 1–5 2–1 0–0 3–4 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 Bognor Regis Town 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–1 2–4 1–1 3–0 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 Braintree Town 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 Bromley 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–4 1–0 8–1 2–0 3–1 Cambridge City 3–0 2–2 2–4 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 1–3 3–0 0–2 4–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 Dorchester Town 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–2 0–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–3 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 Eastbourne Borough 6–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–2 4–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 Eastleigh 1–1 4–4 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–4 3–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 3–2 Fisher Athletic 4–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–4 0–3 4–2 4–2 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 Hampton & Richmond 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 4–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 6–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–3 4–0 5–1 Havant & Waterlooville 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 4–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 Hayes & Yeading United 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 3–3 6–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–4 1–3 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 Lewes 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 Maidenhead United 1–2 0–1 5–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–5 2–3 1–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 Newport County 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–4 0–1 5–0 St Albans City 4–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–3 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–5 1–2 0–3 Sutton United 1–2 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–3 1–3 1–5 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–3 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 Thurrock 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–2 3–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 0–5 0–2 2–0 2–3 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 Welling United 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 3–1 2–6 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 Weston-super-Mare 3–3 0–2 0–4 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 3–0 3–1 0–3 Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008–2009. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2008. Play-offs 2/1 y y Semifinals Final in Stevenage 2nd Eastbourne Borough 2 3 5 5th Braintree Town 0 0 0 3rd Hampton & Richmond B. (pen.) 1 0 1 (4) 4th Fisher Athletic 1 0 1 (2) 2nd Eastbourne Borough 2 3rd Hampton & Richmond Borough 0 Semifinals 29 April 2008 1st Leg Braintree Town 0–2 Eastbourne Borough Tait 31 68 Cressing Road Braintree 1,017 3 May 2008 2nd Leg Eastbourne Borough 3–0 Braintree Town Tait 43 Crabb 86 Atkin 90 Priory Lane Eastbourne 1,802 29 April 2008 1st Leg Fisher Athletic 1–1 Hampton & Richmond Borough Tomlin 59 Hodges 34 Champion Hill Dulwich 450 3 May 2008 2nd Leg Hampton & Richmond Borough 0–0 https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/nonleague/2251746.beavers-stay-cool-in-shootout-to-progress-to-final/ Fisher Athletic Yaku McAuley Lovett Harris 4–2 McCollin Hickie Thomas Batts The Rocket Hospitality Beveree Stadium Hampton 1,489 Hampton and Richmond Borough won 4–2 on penalties after tying 1–1 on Aggregate. Play-Off Final 8 May 2008 19:45 GMT Eastbourne Borough 2–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/7371753.stm Hampton & Richmond Borough Crabb 85 Armstrong 90 Broadhall Way Stevenage 1,077 References External links Official Football Conference website 2007–08 5 England