1989–90 Football Conference

April 2014 April 2014 Football Conference 1989–90 Darlington (1st Football Conference title) Promoted to the Football League Darlington Conference League Cup winners Yeovil Town FA Trophy winners Barrow Relegated toLevel 6 Chorley,Enfield,Farnborough Town Robbie Cooke (Kettering Town), 28 Runcorn – Enfield 9–0 (3 March 1990) Barrow – Merthyr Tydfil 1–5 (18 April 1990);Stafford Rangers – Darlington 0–4 (21 April 1990);Telford United – Chorley 0–4 (9 December 1989);Wycombe Wanderers – Cheltenham Town 0–4 (30 December 1989);Yeovil Town – Welling United 0–4 (13 September 1989) Runcorn – Enfield 9–0 (3 March 1990);Farnborough Town – Runcorn 6–3 (11 November 1989) 462 1317 Barnet, 8 matches Darlington, 13 matches Northwich Victoria, 6 matches Barnet v Darlington, 5,880 (31 March 1990) ? 1,429 (+ 9% from previous season) 1988–89 1990–91 The Football Conference season of 1989–90 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Football Conference. Overview Darlington, relegated to the Conference from the Fourth Division a year earlier, finished the season as Conference champions and regained their Football League status at the first attempt – just as Lincoln City had done two years earlier. Coming down to the Conference from the Football League were the bottom placed Fourth Division club Colchester United. New teams in the league this season Barrow (promoted 1988–89) Darlington (relegated from the Football League 1988–89) Farnborough Town (promoted 1988–89) Merthyr Tydfil (promoted 1988–89) Final league table main WDL PR DAR Darlington BAR Barnet RUN Runcorn MAC Macclesfield Town KET Kettering Town WEL Welling United YEO Yeovil Town SUT Sutton United MER Merthyr Tydfil WYC Wycombe Wanderers CHL Cheltenham Town TEL Telford United KID Kidderminster Harriers BRW Barrow NOR Northwich Victoria ALT Altrincham STA Stafford Rangers BOS Boston United FIS Fisher Athletic CHO Chorley FAR Farnborough Town ENF Enfield 26 9 7 76 25 26 7 9 81 41 19 13 10 79 62 17 15 10 56 41 18 12 12 66 53 18 10 14 62 50 17 12 13 62 54 19 6 17 68 64 16 14 12 67 63 17 10 15 64 56 16 11 15 58 60 15 13 14 56 63 15 9 18 64 67 12 16 14 51 67 15 5 22 51 67 12 13 17 49 48 12 12 18 50 62 13 8 21 48 67 13 7 22 55 78 13 6 23 42 67 10 12 20 60 73 10 6 26 52 89 CP R R R green1 Promotion to the Football League Fourth Division CP red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division RN red1 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division RS red1 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division RI complete Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991. Results main FBR grey ALT BAR BRW BOS CHL CHO DAR ENF FAR FIS KET KID MAC MER NOR RUN STA SUT TEL WEL WYC YEO Altrincham 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 Barnet 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 Barrow 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 Boston United 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 3–0 2–2 1–3 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 Cheltenham Town 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 Chorley 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–2 Darlington 2–0 1–2 0–0 6–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 Enfield 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–3 1–2 2–3 3–5 1–1 Farnborough Town 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 6–3 3–3 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–4 Fisher Athletic 3–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 2–5 2–0 0–2 3–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–2 Kettering Town 3–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 Macclesfield Town 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 Merthyr Tydfil 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–4 3–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 4–3 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 Northwich Victoria 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 4–3 2–3 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–4 Runcorn 0–0 2–2 4–3 3–1 2–4 3–2 2–1 9–0 3–2 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 Stafford Rangers 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 Sutton United 2–1 1–3 3–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 Telford United 1–3 1–3 3–0 4–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 Welling United 1–1 3–1 0–0 6–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 4–3 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–4 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 5–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 Yeovil Town 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–4 4–2 Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991. UK England right 400 Locations of the Football Conference teams 1989–1990 UK England 53.38 -2.34 Altrincham right UK England 51.65 -0.19 Barnet top UK England 54.11 -3.23 Barrow right UK England 52.98 -0.02 Boston United right UK England 51.91 -2.06 Cheltenham Town right UK England 53.65 -2.63 Chorley right UK England 54.53 -1.55 Darlington right UK England 51.66 -0.04 Enfield right UK England 51.31 -0.76 Farnborough Town left 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 51.75 -3.38 Merthyr Tydfil 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 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 1989–1990 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 in order of league goals Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total1 ENG Robbie Cooke Kettering Town 28000282 NGA Efan Ekoku Sutton 25000253 ENG Simon Read Farnborough Town 23201264 ENG Ian Thompson Merthyr Tydfil 21300245 ENG John Borthwick Darlington 1920122= ENG Mark Carter Runcorn 19021227 ENG Mike Doherty Runcorn 18100198 ENG Gary Bull Barnet 1750325= ENG Andrew Clarke Barnet 1720019= ENG Paul Furlong Enfield 1701119= ENG Paul Gorman Fisher Athletic 1700017= ENG Terry Robbins Welling United 1721222= WAL David Webley Merthyr Tydfil 172001914 SCO Steve Burr Macclesfield Town 1632021= ENG Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 160362516 ENG Paul McKinnon Sutton 1610320= ENG Mark West Wycombe Wanderers 161122018 GER Martin Hanchard Northwich Victoria 1420016= ENG Mark Whitehouse Kidderminster Harriers 142322120 ENG David Cork Darlington 1213117= ENG Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 1220115= ENG Ken McKenna Telford United 1202014= ENG Mickey Spencer Yeovil Town 1211317 Promotion and relegation Promoted Darlington (to the Football League Fourth Division) Bath City (from the Southern Premier League) Gateshead (from the Northern Premier League) Slough Town (from the Isthmian League) Relegated Colchester United (from the Football League Fourth Division) Chorley (to the Northern Premier League) Enfield (to the Isthmian League) Farnborough Town (to the Southern Premier League) References External links 1989–90 Conference National Results 1989–90 5