1994–95 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1994–95 was the sixteenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Football Conference

Season	1994–95[1]
Champions	Macclesfield Town (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Conference League Cup winners	Bromsgrove Rovers
FA Trophy winners	Woking (2nd year running)
Relegated to Level 6	Merthyr Tydfil, Stafford Rangers, Yeovil Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,348 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Dobson (Gateshead), 25
Biggest home win	Halifax Town – Stafford Rangers 6–0 (5 November 1994)
Biggest away win	Welling United – Bath City 1–5 (28 January 1995); Welling United – Northwich Victoria 1–5 (19 November 1994); Dagenham & Redbridge – Altrincham 0–4 (4 February 1995); Dagenham & Redbridge – Macclesfield Town 0–4 (19 November 1994); Farnborough Town – Runcorn 0–4 (24 September 1994); Telford United – Dagenham & Redbridge 0–4 (18 February 1995)
Highest scoring	Bromsgrove Rovers – Woking 5–5 (14 January 1995)
Longest winning run	Macclesfield Town, 10 matches (Conference record)
Longest unbeaten run	Macclesfield Town, 13 matches
Longest losing run	Stafford Rangers, Yeovil Town, 6 matches
Highest attendance	Kidderminster Harriers v Bromsgrove Rovers, 4,347 (26 December 1994)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,064
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Overview

Macclesfield Town finished the season as Conference champions, but failed to gain Football League status as their stadium failed to meet the capacity requirements. This meant that the bottom placed Third Division club, Exeter City, avoided relegation to the Conference.

New teams in the league this season

• Farnborough Town (promoted 1993–94)
• Stevenage Borough (promoted 1993–94)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town	42	14	3	4	39	18	10	5	6	31	22	+30	80	Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League
2	Woking	42	11	8	2	46	23	10	4	7	30	31	+22	75	FA Trophy winners
3	Southport	42	13	4	4	46	21	8	5	8	22	29	+18	72
4	Altrincham	42	10	3	8	34	27	10	5	6	43	33	+17	68
5	Stevenage Borough[lower-alpha 1]	42	10	4	7	40	27	10	3	8	28	22	+19	67
6	Kettering Town	42	12	5	4	40	25	7	5	9	33	31	+17	67
7	Gateshead	42	12	4	5	28	13	7	6	8	33	40	+8	67
8	Halifax Town	42	11	6	4	46	20	6	6	9	22	34	+14	63
9	Runcorn	42	11	7	3	39	28	5	3	13	20	43	−12	58
10	Northwich Victoria	42	7	8	6	39	30	7	7	7	38	36	+11	57
11	Kidderminster Harriers	42	6	5	10	28	29	10	4	7	35	32	+2	57
12	Bath City	42	10	6	5	35	26	5	6	10	20	30	−1	57
13	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	9	7	5	42	35	5	6	10	24	34	−3	55	Conference League Cup winners
14	Farnborough Town[lower-alpha 1]	42	8	5	8	23	31	7	5	9	22	33	−19	55
15	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	8	5	8	28	32	5	8	8	28	37	−13	52
16	Dover Athletic	42	6	10	5	28	25	5	6	10	20	30	−7	49
17	Welling United	42	9	3	9	31	33	4	7	10	26	41	−17	49
18	Stalybridge Celtic	42	9	6	6	29	27	2	8	11	23	45	−20	47
19	Telford United	42	9	9	3	30	20	1	7	13	23	42	−9	46
20	Merthyr Tydfil	42	10	4	7	37	27	1	7	13	16	36	−10	44	Relegated to the Southern League
21	Stafford Rangers	42	5	5	11	29	34	4	6	11	24	45	−26	38
22	Yeovil Town	42	5	8	8	29	31	3	6	12	21	40	−21	37[lower-alpha 2]	Relegated to the Isthmian League

Source: [1]
Notes:

1. New club in the Conference
2. Yeovil Town were docked 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BAT	BRO	D&R	DOV	FAR	GAT	HAL	KET	KID	MAC	MER	NOR	RUN	SOU	STA	STL	STB	TEL	WEL	WOK	YEO
Altrincham		1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	2–4	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	3–2	0–0	5–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–3
Bath City	0–3		1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	3–5	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–3	1–2	3–3	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0
Bromsgrove Rovers	0–3	1–1		2–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–4	4–3	2–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	5–5	5–0
Dagenham & Redbridge	0–4	1–0	2–0		2–0	0–1	0–0	1–4	2–1	1–2	0–4	2–1	1–2	3–2	5–1	3–3	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	0–2	0–0
Dover Athletic	1–3	3–0	0–2	1–1		1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1
Farnborough Town	2–3	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0		3–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–4	0–0	0–0	1–1	5–3	1–2	0–2	0–3
Gateshead	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0		1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–3
Halifax Town	1–1	4–2	4–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–2		2–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	4–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–1
Kettering Town	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	2–4	5–1		0–0	1–0	4–1	3–3	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	4–3	0–1	3–2
Kidderminster Harriers	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	1–3		1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–1	3–0	1–3	3–0
Macclesfield Town	4–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3		0–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0
Merthyr Tydfil	2–5	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–2		2–0	3–0	1–2	4–1	4–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–0
Northwich Victoria	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–2	3–4	1–3	2–0		4–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
Runcorn	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	3–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–2		2–1	3–1	0–3	3–1	4–1	3–2	1–0	2–1
Southport	1–4	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	5–0	4–0	1–1	4–1	2–3	3–1	0–2	5–0		3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0
Stafford Rangers	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–1		5–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–3	4–1
Stalybridge Celtic	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–4	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–3		1–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	3–1
Stevenage Borough	4–2	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–3	3–1	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	5–1		4–3	1–2	0–1	5–0
Telford United	2–3	3–0	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2		4–2	0–0	1–0
Welling United	0–0	1–5	1–2	4–1	0–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–5	1–2	3–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–0		1–2	2–1
Woking	4–0	2–2	4–0	3–5	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–1		2–2
Yeovil Town	1–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	4–4	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Glenda Rollin (ass. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96. Headline, 1995.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Altrincham

Bath City

Bromsgrove

Dagenham & R

Farnborough

Gateshead

Halifax Town

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Macclesfield

Merthyr Tydfil

Northwich Victoria

Runcorn

Southport

Stafford

Stalybridge

Stevenage

Telford

Welling

Woking

Yeovil Town

Dover

Locations of the Football Conference 1994–1995 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Welling

Locations of the Football Conference teams 1994–1995

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

• Hednesford (from the Southern Premier League)
• Morecambe (from the Northern Premier League)
• Slough Town (from the Isthmian League)

Relegated

• Merthyr Tydfil (to the Southern Premier League)
• Stafford Rangers (to the Northern Premier League)
• Yeovil Town (to the Isthmian League)

Top scorers in order of league goals

Rank	Player	Club	League	FA Cup	FA Trophy	League Cup	Total
1	Paul Dobson	Gateshead	25	2	3	2	32
2	Carl Alford	Kettering Town	23	1	0	3	27
3	Leroy May	Stafford Rangers	21	0	0	1	22
4	Andy Green	Altrincham	19	2	0	0	21
=	Clive Walker	Woking	19	1	5	0	25
6	Recky Carter	Bromsgrove Rovers	18	0	0	12	30
=	David Leworthy	Dover Athletic	18	5	0	2	25
=	Phil Power	Macclesfield Town	18	0	3	2	23
=	Malcolm O'Connor	Northwich Victoria	18	4	1	0	23
10	Darran Hay	Woking	17	0	0	0	17
11	Dean Birkby	Bath City	16	0	0	2	18
=	Mark Hughes	Runcorn	16	0	2	1	19
13	Paul Wilson	Woking	17	0	0	0	17

[1]

References

1. Jack Rollin (ed.), Glenda Rollin (ass. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96. Headline, 1995.

External links

• 1994–95 Conference National Results