1993–94 Football Conference

Football Conference

Season	1993–94
Champions	Kidderminster Harriers (2nd Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Conference League Cup winners	Macclesfield Town
FA Trophy winners	Woking
Relegated to Level 6	Slough Town, Witton Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,119 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Dobson (Gateshead), 25
Biggest home win	Halifax Town – Telford United 6–0 (2 October 1993)
Biggest away win	Woking – Dagenham & Redbridge 1–8 (19 April 1994)
Highest scoring	Woking – Dagenham & Redbridge 1–8 (19 April 1994)
Longest winning run	Kidderminster Harriers, 8 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Runcorn, 15 matches
Longest losing run	Welling United, Yeovil Town 5 matches
Highest attendance	Kidderminster Harriers v Bromsgrove Rovers, 4,438 (5 April 1994)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,065
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The Football Conference season of 1993–94 was the fifteenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Overview

Kidderminster Harriers finished the season as Conference champions, but were unable to gain promotion to the Football League as their stadium failed to meet capacity requirements. As a result, the bottom placed Third Division club Northampton Town avoided relegation to the Conference.

New teams in the league this season

• Halifax Town (relegated from the Football League 1992–93)
• Dover Athletic (promoted 1992–93)
• Southport (promoted 1992–93)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kidderminster Harriers	42	13	5	3	31	12	9	4	8	32	23	28	75	Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League
2	Kettering Town	42	9	7	5	23	14	10	8	3	23	10	22	72
3	Woking	42	12	5	4	35	25	6	8	7	23	33	0	67	FA Trophy winners
4	Southport	42	10	7	4	26	21	8	5	8	31	30	6	66
5	Runcorn	42	12	6	3	41	26	2	13	6	22	31	6	61
6	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	12	5	4	41	23	3	9	9	21	31	8	59
7	Macclesfield Town	42	7	8	6	24	18	9	3	9	24	31	−1	59	Conference League Cup winners
8	Dover Athletic	42	9	3	9	28	24	8	4	9	20	25	−1	58
9	Stafford Rangers	42	10	7	4	39	22	4	8	9	17	30	4	57
10	Altrincham	42	8	5	8	23	22	8	4	9	18	20	−1	57
11	Gateshead	42	10	6	5	23	18	5	6	10	22	35	−8	57
12	Bath City	42	6	8	7	28	21	7	9	5	19	17	9	56
13	Halifax Town	42	7	9	5	28	18	6	7	8	27	31	6	55	Relegated from The Football League
14	Stalybridge Celtic	42	6	6	9	27	30	8	6	7	27	25	−1	54
15	Northwich Victoria	42	7	9	5	26	19	4	10	7	18	26	−1	52
16	Welling United	42	7	7	7	25	23	6	5	10	22	26	−2	51
17	Telford United	42	8	7	6	24	22	5	5	11	17	27	−8	51
18	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	5	8	8	26	32	7	7	7	28	34	−12	51
19	Yeovil Town	42	7	4	10	23	26	7	5	9	26	36	−13	51
20	Merthyr Tydfil	42	8	7	6	34	26	4	8	9	26	35	−1	49
21	Slough Town	42	8	8	5	30	24	3	6	12	14	34	−14	47	Relegated to the Isthmian League
22	Witton Albion	42	4	8	9	18	30	3	5	13	19	33	−26	34	Relegated to Northern Premier League

Source:
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BAT	BRO	D&R	DOV	GAT	HAL	KET	KID	MAC	MER	NOR	RUN	SLO	SOU	STA	STL	TEL	WEL	WTN	WOK	YEO
Altrincham		0–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–0
Bath City	0–1		0–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–3	4–0	5–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0
Bromsgrove Rovers	1–2	0–1		2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–4	0–3	3–0	3–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–3	2–0	0–5	1–1	3–3	0–0	1–2
Dagenham & Redbridge	3–0	3–0	4–2		2–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–4	2–1
Dover Athletic	1–0	0–3	4–3	1–1		3–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–3	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	5–0	0–2
Gateshead	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–2		2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1
Halifax Town	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–1		0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	6–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–1
Kettering Town	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1		1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0
Kidderminster Harriers	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–2		2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–3
Macclesfield Town	1–0	0–0	4–3	3–0	0–2	6–1	0–1	0–0	0–0		1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2
Merthyr Tydfil	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–4	2–1		5–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	4–3	2–3	1–1
Northwich Victoria	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–1
Runcorn	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	0–0	0–5	2–1	1–1	1–2		3–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–4	1–0	2–1	4–0
Slough Town	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–5	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–0		0–0	3–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	5–2
Southport	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1
Stafford Rangers	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–3	5–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–2		2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–2
Stalybridge Celtic	1–3	1–3	0–2	5–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–2		1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2
Telford United	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–1	0–2		2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1
Welling United	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	6–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0		2–1	2–2	2–0
Witton Albion	0–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–5		0–0	1–2
Woking	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–8	3–0	1–0	2–6	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–1		1–2
Yeovil Town	0–0	1–2	2–3	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	2–2	0–3	4–2	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994–95. Headline, 1994.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Altrincham

Bath City

Bromsgrove

Dagenham & R

Gateshead

Halifax Town

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Macclesfield

Merthyr Tydfil

Northwich Victoria

Runcorn

Slough Town

Southport

Stafford

Stalybridge

Telford

Welling

Witton Albion

Woking

Yeovil Town

Dover

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Locations of the Football Conference 1993–1994 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Welling

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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1993–1994

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

• Farnborough Town (from the Southern Premier League)
• Stevenage Borough (from the Isthmian League)

Relegated

• Slough Town (to the Isthmian League)
• Witton Albion (to the Northern Premier League)

Top scorers in order of league goals

Rank	Player	Club	League	FA Cup	FA Trophy	League Cup	Total
1	Paul Dobson	Gateshead	25	3	4	2	34
2	Karl Thomas	Runcorn	23	0	5	2	30
3	Paul Adcock	Bath City	17	4	1	0	22
=	Terry Robbins	Welling United	17	0	2	2	21
5	Mickey Spencer	Yeovil Town	16	0	1	1	18
=	Clive Walker	Woking	16	0	3	0	19
7	David Gamble	Southport	15	2	2	0	19
=	David Leworthy	Dover Athletic	15	1	1	3	20
9	Carl Alford	Macclesfield Town	14	3	2	6	25
=	Paul Davies	Kidderminster Harriers	14	1	0	3	18
=	Morrys Scott	Slough Town	14	2	1	0	17
12	Recky Carter	Bromsgrove Rovers	13	3	2	0	18
=	Jamie Paterson	Halifax Town	13	0	2	1	16
=	Delwyn Humphreys	Kidderminster Harriers	13	3	0	1	17

External links

• 1993–94 Conference National Results