1997–98 Football Conference

April 2014 April 2014 Conference National 1997–98 Halifax Town (1st Football Conference title) Direct promotion Halifax Town Conference League Cup winners Morecambe FA Trophy winners Cheltenham Town (1st FA Trophy title) Relegated to Level 6 Gateshead,Slough Town,Stalybridge Celtic ENG Geoff Horsfield (Halifax Town), 30 Farnborough Town – Stalybridge Celtic 6–0 (20 December 1997) Morecambe – Hereford 1–5 (1 November 1997);Stevenage – Hayes 1–5 (1 September 1997);Dover – Kidderminster 0–4 (20 September 1997);Kettering – Rushden & Diamonds 0–4 (21 February 1998);Leek – Kettering 0–4 (31 March 1998) Hayes – Yeovil Town 6–4 (14 February 1998);Rushden & Diamonds – Farnborough Town 5–5 (13 September 1997) 462 1344 Halifax Town, 8 matches Cheltenham Town, 17 matches Farnborough Town, Stalybridge Celtic, 7 matches Halifax Town v Cheltenham Town, 6,357 (25 April 1998) ? ? 1996–97 1998–99 The Football Conference season of 1997–98 was the nineteenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons. Changes since the previous season Hereford United (relegated from the Football League 1996–97) Cheltenham Town (promoted 1996–97) Leek Town (promoted 1996–97) Yeovil Town (promoted 1996–97) Final league table main WDL PR HAL Halifax Town CHL Cheltenham Town WOK Woking R&D Rushden & Diamonds MOR Morecambe HER Hereford United HED Hednesford Town SLO Slough Town NOR Northwich Victoria WEL Welling United YEO Yeovil Town HAY Hayes DOV Dover Athletic KET Kettering Town STB Stevenage Borough SOU Southport KID Kidderminster Harriers FAR Farnborough Town LEE Leek Town TEL Telford United GAT Gateshead STL Stalybridge Celtic 25 12 5 74 43 23 9 10 63 43 22 8 12 72 46 23 5 14 79 57 21 10 11 77 64 18 13 11 56 49 18 12 12 59 50 18 10 14 58 49 15 15 12 63 59 17 9 16 64 62 17 8 17 73 63 16 10 16 62 52 15 10 17 60 70 13 13 16 53 60 13 12 17 59 63 13 11 18 56 58 11 14 17 56 63 12 8 22 56 70 10 14 18 52 67 10 12 20 53 76 8 11 23 51 87 7 8 27 48 93 CP R R R green1 Promotion to the Football League Third Division CP red1 Demoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division Slough Town were demoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division due to their ground no longer meeting Football Conference requirements. DEM red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division RN RN complete Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1998–99. Headline, 1998. Results main FBR grey CHL DOV FAR GAT HAL HAY HED HER KET KID LEE MOR NOR R&D SLO SOU STL STB TEL WEL WOK YEO Cheltenham Town 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 Dover Athletic 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 2–3 4–0 0–3 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 6–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 Farnborough Town 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–2 3–2 3–3 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–2 6–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 Gateshead 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–5 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–4 2–2 2–1 5–1 0–2 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 Halifax Town 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 4–3 3–1 4–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 Hayes 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–0 6–4 Hednesford Town 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 Hereford United 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 Kettering Town 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–4 3–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 4–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 Leek Town 0–0 5–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–3 2–2 0–4 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 Morecambe 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–5 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–0 Northwich Victoria 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 5–0 2–4 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 5–1 0–2 2–1 Rushden & Diamonds 4–1 4–1 5–5 3–2 4–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 Slough Town 1–2 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 Southport 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 4–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–4 2–1 6–1 3–1 0–1 2–4 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–2 Stevenage Borough 1–2 2–2 5–0 6–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–3 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 Telford United 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–4 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 4–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 1–4 Welling United 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 6–2 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–2 0–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–5 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–3 Woking 2–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 5–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 5–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 Yeovil Town 3–1 4–1 0–1 6–3 0–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 5–3 1–1 2–0 Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1998–99. Headline, 1998. England right 400 Locations of the Football Conference 1997–1998 teams England 51.91 -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 52.06 -2.72 right England 52.41 -0.73 right England 52.39 -2.25 right England 53.11 -2.04 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 England 50.95 -2.67 right Cheltenham Dover Farnborough Gateshead Halifax Town Hednesford Hayes Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Leek Town Morecambe Northwich Victoria Rushden & Diamonds Slough Town Southport Stalybridge Stevenage Telford Welling Woking Yeovil Town Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football Conference London teams 1997–1998 Greater London 51.52 -0.42 right Greater London 51.46 0.12 right Hayes Welling Top scorers in order of league goals Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total1 ENG Geoff Horsfield Halifax Town 30400342 ENG Darren Collins Rushden & Diamonds 29030323 ENG Darran Hay Woking 20001214 ENG Mark Cooper Welling United 1810019= ENG John Norman Morecambe 18003216 ENG Neil Grayson Hereford United & Cheltenham Town 17401227 ENG Owen Pickard Yeovil Town 1760124= ENG Dale Watkins Cheltenham Town 1747129= ENG Mike Bignall Kidderminster Harriers 1610017= ENG Brendan Burke Stalybridge Celtic 1621120= ENG Jason Eaton Cheltenham Town 1624022= ENG David Mehew Rushden & Diamonds 1610017= ENG Warren Patmore Yeovil Town 160011714 ENG Ritchie Hanlon Welling United 1500015= ENG Martin Randall Hayes 150221916 SCO Jamie Paterson Halifax Town 1431018= ENG Grant Payne Woking 1400115= ENG Chris Pearson Kettering Town 140001419 ENG Andy Milner Morecambe 130021520 ENG Steve Bowey Gateshead 1211014= ENG Jimmy Strouts Dover Athletic 1200113 Footballtransfers.co.uk contains information on many players on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia. References External links Official Football Conference Website 1997–98 Conference National Results 1997-98 5