1986–87 Football Conference

April 2014 April 2014 Football Conference 1986–87 Scarborough (1st Football Conference title) Promoted to the Football League Scarborough Conference League Cup winners Kettering Town FA Trophy winners Kidderminster Harriers Relegated toLevel 6 Frickley Athletic,Gateshead,Nuneaton Borough Kim Casey (Kidderminster Harriers), 38 Sutton United – Kettering Town 8–0 Gateshead – Barnet 1–5;Nuneaton Borough – Boston United 1–5;Kidderminster Harriers – Telford United 0–4;Nuneaton Borough – Weymouth 0–4;Wealdstone – Boston United 0–4 Runcorn – Northwich Victoria 7–3 462 1403 ? ? ? ? ? 917 Alliance Premier League 1985–86 1987–88 The Football Conference season of 1986–87 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Football Conference, the first season under this name, this league having earlier been known as the Alliance Premier League. Overview This was the first season of automatic promotion for champions of the Conference, following the abolition of the re-election system, and automatic relegation to the Conference for the bottom placed team in the Football League Fourth Division. Scarborough finished the season as Conference champions, and so won automatic promotion to the Football League at the expense of Lincoln City. New teams in the league this season Gateshead (promoted 1985–86) Sutton United (promoted 1985–86) Welling United (promoted 1985–86) Final league table main WDL PR SCA Scarborough BAR Barnet MDS Maidstone United ENF Enfield ALT Altrincham BOS Boston United SUT Sutton United RUN Runcorn TEL Telford United BAT Bath City CHL Cheltenham Town KID Kidderminster Harriers STA Stafford Rangers WEY Weymouth DAG Dagenham KET Kettering Town NOR Northwich Victoria NUN Nuneaton Borough WEA Wealdstone WEL Welling United FRK Frickley Athletic GAT Gateshead 27 10 5 64 33 25 10 7 86 39 21 10 11 71 48 21 7 14 66 47 18 15 9 66 53 21 6 15 82 74 19 11 12 81 51 18 13 11 71 58 18 10 14 69 59 17 12 13 63 62 16 13 13 64 50 17 4 21 77 81 14 11 17 58 60 13 12 17 68 77 14 7 21 56 72 12 11 19 54 66 10 14 18 53 69 10 14 18 48 73 11 10 21 50 70 10 10 22 61 84 7 11 24 47 82 6 13 23 48 95 CP R R R green1 Promotion to the Football League Fourth Division CP red1 Demoted to the Southern League Premier Division Nuneaton Borough were relegated due to financial irregularities. R1 red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division R R complete Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1987. Results main FBR grey ALT BAR BAT BOS CHL DAG ENF FRK GAT KET KID MDS NOR NUN RUN SCA STA SUT TEL WEA WEL WEY Altrincham 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 Barnet 1–0 2–1 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 5–2 3–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 Bath City 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 4–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 4–2 1–3 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 Boston United 4–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–2 6–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 4–3 1–1 Cheltenham Town 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 6–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 Dagenham 3–1 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 3–3 3–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 Enfield 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–2 0–2 4–0 Frickley Athletic 2–2 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–4 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 Gateshead 1–3 1–5 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–4 1–4 1–1 3–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 Kettering Town 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 5–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–4 3–1 0–2 5–1 3–0 Kidderminster Harriers 3–0 0–3 2–4 1–2 5–1 4–2 3–4 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–4 5–2 2–0 1–1 Maidstone United 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 5–2 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 Northwich Victoria 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 Nuneaton Borough 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–5 0–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–4 Runcorn 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–3 3–2 7–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 Scarborough 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 Stafford Rangers 2–3 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–3 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 Sutton United 2–3 3–1 7–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 8–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–3 Telford United 4–0 0–1 4–2 5–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–1 5–1 Wealdstone 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–0 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 6–0 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 Welling United 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–3 1–0 2–3 3–2 3–4 0–3 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 2–4 3–1 1–3 1–1 5–0 Weymouth 2–2 3–3 1–2 3–4 4–3 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 3–0 3–2 3–2 Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1987. England right 400 Locations of the Football Conference teams 1986–1987 England 53.38 -2.34 right England 51.65 -0.19 right England 51.38 -2.40 right England 52.98 -0.02 right England 51.91 -2.06 right England 51.54 0.14 right England 51.66 -0.04 right England 53.60 -1.27 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 52.41 -0.73 right England 52.39 -2.25 right England 51.11 0.86 right England 53.28 -2.47 right England 52.52 -1.44 right England 53.33 -2.71 right England 54.27 -0.42 right England 52.82 -2.12 right England 51.37 -0.20 right England 52.68 -2.45 right England 51.59 -0.33 right England 51.46 0.12 right England 50.61 -2.46 right Altrincham Barnet Bath City Boston United Cheltenham Dagenham Enfield Frickley Gateshead Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Runcorn Scarborough Stafford Sutton Telford United Wealdstone Welling Weymouth Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football Conference teams 1986–1987 Greater London 51.65 -0.19 right Greater London 51.54 0.14 right Greater London 51.66 -0.04 right Greater London 51.37 -0.20 right Greater London 51.59 -0.33 right Greater London 51.46 0.12 right Barnet Dagenham Enfield Sutton Wealdstone Welling Topscorers Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total1 Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 38420442 Mick Carter Runcorn 30263413 Steve Butler Maidstone United 24532344 Gary Abbott Welling United 2323028= Chris Cook Boston United 2302227= Ken McKenna Telford United 23100247 Nicky Evans Barnet 2204026= Chris Townsend Cheltenham Town 22100239 Mike Doherty Weymouth 1601118= Paul Bodin Bath City 1622121= Stewart Mell Scarborough 1602018= John Timmons Altrincham 1600117 Promotion and relegation Promoted Scarborough (to the Football League Fourth Division) Fisher Athletic (from the Isthmian League) Macclesfield Town (from the Northern Premier League) Wycombe Wanderers (from the Southern Premier League) Relegated Lincoln City (from the Football League Fourth Division) Frickley Athletic (to the Northern Premier League) Gateshead (to the Northern Premier League) Nuneaton Borough (to the Southern Premier League) References External links 1986–87 Conference National Results 1986–87 5