1991–92 Football Conference
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The Football Conference season of 1991–92 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season of the Football Conference.
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Overview
Colchester United, relegated from the Fourth Division two years earlier, regained their Football League status by winning the Conference title. However, as had happened a year earlier, there was no relegation from the Football League to the Conference due to an expansion of the Football League – which was ultimately never completed due to the bankruptcy of Aldershot late in the 1991–92 season and then Maidstone United (1897) at the start of the 1992–93 season.
New teams in the league this season
- Farnborough Town (promoted 1990–91)
- Redbridge Forest (promoted 1990–91)
- Witton Albion (promoted 1990–91)
Final league table[1]
| Season | 1991–92[1] |
|---|---|
| Champions | Colchester United (2nd Football Conference title) |
| Promoted to the Football League | Colchester United |
| Conference League Cup winners | Wycombe Wanderers |
| FA Trophy winners | Colchester United |
| Relegated to Level 6 | Barrow, Cheltenham Town |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1343 (2.91 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Paul Cavell (Redbridge Forest), 29; Terry Robbins (Welling United), 29 |
| Biggest home win | Witton Albion – Stafford Rangers 6–0 (8 February 1992) |
| Biggest away win | Cheltenham Town – Redbridge Forest 0–7 (29 February 1992) |
| Highest scoring | Altrincham – Slough Town 3–7 (19 October 1991) |
| Longest winning run | Redbridge Forest, 7 matches; Wycombe Wanderers, 7 matches (twice) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Colchester United, 15 matches |
| Longest losing run | Altrincham, 9 matches |
| Highest attendance | Colchester United v Barrow, 7,193 (2 May 1992) |
| Lowest attendance | ? |
| Average attendance | 1,221 (– 14% compared to previous season) |
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← 1990–91
1992–93 →
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
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| 1 | Colchester United | 42 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 29 | 98 | 40 | + 58 | 94 | |||||
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 84 | 35 | + 49 | 94 | |||||
| 3 | Kettering Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 72 | 50 | + 22 | 73 | |||||
| 4 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 59 | 56 | + 3 | 68 | |||||
| 5 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 68 | 53 | + 15 | 66 | |||||
| 6 | Telford United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 62 | 66 | – 4 | 64 | |||||
| 7 | Redbridge Forest | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 69 | 56 | + 13 | 63 | [notes 1] | ||||
| 8 | Boston United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 71 | 66 | + 5 | 63 | |||||
| 9 | Bath City | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 54 | 51 | + 3 | 60 | |||||
| 10 | Witton Albion | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 63 | 60 | + 3 | 58 | |||||
| 11 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 63 | 58 | + 5 | 54 | |||||
| 12 | Welling United | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 69 | 79 | – 10 | 54 | |||||
| 13 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 50 | 50 | ± 0 | 52 | |||||
| 14 | Gateshead | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 49 | 57 | – 8 | 48 | |||||
| 15 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 49 | – 9 | 47 | |||||
| 16 | Runcorn | 42 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 50 | 63 | – 13 | 46 | |||||
| 17 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 41 | 59 | – 18 | 46 | |||||
| 18 | Altrincham | 42 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 61 | 82 | – 21 | 45 | |||||
| 19 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 56 | 77 | – 21 | 45 | |||||
| 20 | Slough Town | 42 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 82 | – 26 | 45 | |||||
| 21 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 47 | 56 | 82 | – 26 | 43 | Relegated to the Southern League | ||||
| 22 | Barrow | 42 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 49 | 52 | 72 | – 20 | 38 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.
- ↑ After this season Redbridge Forest F.C. merged with Dagenham F.C. to form Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Third Division | |
| FA Trophy winners, see Colchester United | |
| Conference League Cup winners | |
| Relegated from The Football League (none) | |
| New club in the Conference | |
| Relegated to Level 6 |
Results[1]
| Home ╲ Away | ALT | BRW | BAT | BOS | CHL | COL | FAR | GAT | KET | KID | MAC | MER | NOR | RED | RUN | SLO | STA | TEL | WEL | WTN | WYC | YEO |
| Altrincham | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–7 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | |
| Barrow | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Bath City | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Boston United | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | |
| Cheltenham Town | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–7 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Colchester United | 3–3 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| Farnborough Town | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Gateshead | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| Kettering Town | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Redbridge Forest | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | |
| Runcorn | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Slough Town | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Telford United | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Welling United | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Witton Albion | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1992–93. Headline, 1991.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers in order of league goals[1]
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Cavell | Redbridge Forest | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| = | Terry Robbins | Welling United | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Gary Jones | Boston United | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 4 | Roy McDonough | Colchester United | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Simon Read | Farnborough Town | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| = | Karl Thomas | Witton Albion | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Steve McGavin | Colchester United | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
| = | David Webley | Merthyr Tydfil | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Gary Abbott | Welling United | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| = | Ken McKenna | Altrincham | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| = | Malcolm O'Connor | Northwich Victoria | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| = | Paul Randall | Bath City | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| 13 | Jon Graham | Kettering Town | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| = | Keith Scott | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Gary Bennett | Colchester United | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Richard Hill | Kettering Town | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| = | Mickey Spencer | Yeovil Town | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| = | Ceri Williams | Merthyr Tydfil | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Colchester United (to the Football League Third Division)
- Bromsgrove Rovers (from the Southern Premier League)
- Stalybridge Celtic (from the Northern Premier League)
- Woking (from the Isthmian League)
Relegated
- Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
- Cheltenham Town (to the Southern Premier League)
