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1992–93 Football Conference

Football Conference
Season1992–93[1]
ChampionsWycombe Wanderers (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueWycombe Wanderers
Conference League Cup winnersNorthwich Victoria
FA Trophy winnersWycombe Wanderers
Relegated to Level 6Boston United,
Farnborough Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,291 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Leworthy (Farnborough Town), 32
Biggest home winDagenham & Redbridge – Merthyr Tydfil 6–1 (6 April 1993);
Farnborough Town – Gateshead 6–1 (22 August 1992);
Kettering Town – Slough Town 5–0 (3 November 1992);
Telford United – Merthyr Tydfil 5–0 (12 Aor 1993);
Welling United – Merthyr Tydfil 5–0 (21 November 1992)
Biggest away winStalybridge Celtic – Northwich Victoria 0–6 (2 January 1993)
Highest scoringTelford United – Farnborough Town 6–3 (12 September 1992)
Longest winning runWycombe Wanderers, 9 matches
Longest unbeaten runWycombe Wanderers, 10 matches
Longest losing runNorthwich Victoria, Telford United, 6 matches
Highest attendanceWycombe Wanderers v Slough Town, 7,230 (23 March 1993)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1,229 (+ 1% compared to previous season)

The GM Vauxhall Conference season of 1992–93 was the fourteenth season of the Football Conference.

Overview

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Wycombe Wanderers, runners-up a year earlier, finally gained the Conference title – and a place in the Football League at the expense of the bottom placed Third Division club Halifax Town.

New teams in the league this season

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Wycombe Wanderers (C, P) 42 24 11 7 84 37 +47 83 Promotion to the Football League Third Division
2 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 18 14 10 67 49 +18 68
3 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 19 11 12 75 47 +28 67[a]
4 Yeovil Town 42 18 12 12 59 49 +10 66
5 Slough Town 42 18 11 13 60 55 +5 65
6 Stafford Rangers 42 18 10 14 55 47 +8 64
7 Bath City 42 15 14 13 53 46 +7 59
8 Woking 42 17 8 17 58 62 −4 59
9 Kidderminster Harriers 42 14 16 12 60 60 0 58
10 Altrincham 42 15 13 14 49 52 −3 58
11 Northwich Victoria 42 16 8 18 68 55 +13 56
12 Stalybridge Celtic 42 13 17 12 48 55 −7 56
13 Kettering Town 42 14 13 15 61 63 −2 55
14 Gateshead 42 14 10 18 53 56 −3 52
15 Telford United 42 14 10 18 55 60 −5 52
16 Merthyr Tydfil 42 14 10 18 51 79 −28 52
17 Witton Albion 42 11 17 14 62 65 −3 50
18 Macclesfield Town 42 12 13 17 40 50 −10 49
19 Runcorn 42 13 10 19 58 76 −18 49
20 Welling United 42 12 12 18 57 72 −15 48 Reprived from relegation[b]
21 Farnborough Town (R) 42 12 11 19 68 87 −19 47 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division
22 Boston United (R) 42 9 13 20 50 69 −19 40 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dagenham & Redbridge were deducted 1 point.
  2. ^ Welling United were reprived from relegation because Isthmian League champions Chesham United did not meet Conference ground requirements.

Results

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Home \ Away ALT BAT BOS BRO D&R FAR GAT KET KID MAC MER NOR RUN SLO STA STL TEL WEL WTN WOK WYC YEO
Altrincham 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–5 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Bath City 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–5 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Boston United 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 3–1 2–0 3–5 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–0
Bromsgrove Rovers 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–3 4–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0
Dagenham & Redbridge 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 1–2 6–1 4–1 5–1 4–4 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 5–1 1–2 1–1
Farnborough Town 2–5 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–4 6–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–1
Gateshead 2–0 0–4 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–1
Kettering Town 1–1 0–1 3–3 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–3 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 0–1 0–4 3–0
Kidderminster Harriers 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–5 3–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–4 1–1
Macclesfield Town 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Merthyr Tydfil 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 4–3 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–4 1–1
Northwich Victoria 1–2 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1
Runcorn 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–4 4–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–4 2–3 2–1 1–0
Slough Town 1–4 1–1 3–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 4–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–0
Stafford Rangers 0–0 3–2 0–0 3–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–4 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1
Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–6 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–1
Telford United 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 6–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 3–3 2–3 1–0
Welling United 2–0 0–3 2–2 4–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–5 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–3
Witton Albion 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 2–5 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–2
Woking 0–2 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–4 3–2 1–5 4–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–0
Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 2–0 3–3 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 5–1
Yeovil Town 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 5–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. Headline, 1993.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the Football Conference 1992–93 teams
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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1992–1993

Promotion and relegation

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Relegated

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Top scorers in order of league goals

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Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1]
1 David Leworthy Farnborough Town 32 1 5 1 39
2 Mark Whitehouse Bromsgrove Rovers 23 0 2 1 26
3 Malcolm O'Connor Northwich Victoria 21 2 1 3 27
4 Keith Scott Wycombe Wanderers 20 1 5 2 28
5 Paul Cavell Dagenham & Redbridge 19 8 1 1 29
= Terry Robbins Welling United 19 1 2 1 23
= Andy Sayer Slough Town 19 1 1 0 21
= Karl Thomas Witton Albion 19 0 3 0 22
9 Gary Abbott Welling United 17 0 1 1 19
10 Phil Brown Kettering Town 16 2 0 0 18
= Gary Jones Boston United 16 2 5 1 24
= Mickey Spencer Yeovil Town 16 2 1 2 21
13 Tony Hemmings Northwich Victoria 15 1 0 4 20
= Alan Lamb Gateshead 15 7 1 0 23

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. Headline, 1993.
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