1995–96 Football Conference

Football Conference

Season	1995–96
Champions	Stevenage Borough (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Conference League Cup winners	Bromsgrove Rovers
FA Trophy winners	Macclesfield Town
Relegated to Level 6	Dagenham & Redbridge, Runcorn
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,384 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Barry Hayles (Stevenage Borough), 29
Biggest home win	Macclesfield Town – Halifax Town 7–0 (9 March 1996); Morecambe – Altrincham 7–0 (17 February 1996)
Biggest away win	Runcorn F.C. Halton – Stevenage Borough 0–8 (25 November 1995)
Highest scoring	Slough Town – Kidderminster Harriers 5–4 (28 August 1995); Morecambe – Woking 4–5 (13 January 1997)
Longest winning run	Woking, 7 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Stevenage Borough, 17 matches
Longest losing run	Dover Athletic, 9 matches
Highest attendance	Woking v Macclesfield Town, 4,583 (6 April 1996)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,054
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The Football Conference season of 1995–96 was the seventeenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Overview

Stevenage Borough, won the Conference championship during their second season in this league. However, they did not earn a promotion to the Football League because they did not meet Football League requirements. As of 2024, this is the last season when this happened.

New teams in the league this season

• Hednesford Town (promoted 1994–95)
• Morecambe (promoted 1994–95)
• Slough Town (promoted 1994–95)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stevenage Borough	42	13	6	2	51	20	14	4	3	50	24	+57	91	Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League
2	Woking	42	16	5	0	47	13	9	3	9	36	41	+29	83
3	Hednesford Town	42	13	3	5	38	21	10	4	7	33	25	+25	76
4	Macclesfield Town	42	12	5	4	32	16	10	4	7	34	33	+17	75	FA Trophy winners
5	Gateshead	42	9	7	5	32	24	9	6	6	26	22	+12	67
6	Southport	42	10	7	4	42	25	8	5	8	35	39	+13	66
7	Kidderminster Harriers	42	13	4	4	49	26	5	6	10	29	40	+12	64
8	Northwich Victoria	42	9	3	9	38	35	7	9	5	34	29	+8	60
9	Morecambe	42	12	2	7	51	33	5	6	10	27	39	+6	59
10	Farnborough Town	42	8	6	7	29	23	7	8	6	34	35	+5	59
11	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	11	6	4	33	20	4	8	9	26	37	+2	59	Conference League Cup winners
12	Altrincham	42	9	6	6	33	29	6	7	8	26	35	−5	58
13	Telford United	42	8	7	6	27	23	7	3	11	24	33	−5	55
14	Stalybridge Celtic	42	9	3	9	29	37	7	4	10	30	31	−9	55
15	Halifax Town	42	8	7	6	30	25	5	6	10	19	38	−14	52
16	Kettering Town	42	9	5	7	38	32	4	4	13	30	52	−16	48
17	Slough Town	42	4	6	11	35	44	9	2	10	28	32	−13	47
18	Bath City	42	9	4	8	29	31	4	3	14	16	35	−21	46
19	Welling United	42	6	8	7	21	23	4	7	10	21	30	−11	45
20	Dover Athletic	42	8	1	12	29	38	3	6	12	22	36	−23	40
21	Runcorn	42	4	5	12	25	43	5	3	13	23	44	−39	35	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	5	7	9	31	34	2	5	14	12	39	−30	33	Relegated to the Isthmian League

Source:
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BAT	BRO	D&R	DOV	FAR	GAT	HAL	HED	KET	KID	MAC	MOR	NOR	RUN	SLO	SOU	STL	STB	TEL	WEL	WOK
Altrincham		1–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–4	3–0	3–4	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0
Bath City	2–2		0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	3–0	3–1	4–0	0–4	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–3
Bromsgrove Rovers	0–0	4–1		2–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–4	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1
Dagenham & Redbridge	1–0	0–1	2–2		3–0	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–2	4–2	3–0	2–2	0–3	2–3	1–3	1–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0
Dover Athletic	1–4	1–0	0–2	0–1		1–3	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–3	2–3	0–1	4–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–3
Farnborough Town	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–2		2–3	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	6–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–2
Gateshead	2–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1		3–2	0–3	1–1	4–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1
Halifax Town	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0		1–3	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–3	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–2
Hednesford Town	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	4–1	0–1	3–0		1–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–1
Kettering Town	4–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0		2–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–6	1–2	0–3	1–3	3–0
Kidderminster Harriers	1–1	1–2	1–0	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	6–1	3–1	1–0		0–4	4–2	2–1	4–1	4–3	2–3	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
Macclesfield Town	2–3	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	7–0	1–1	1–1	0–2		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–2
Morecambe	7–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	2–3	2–3	0–1	0–1	5–3	3–1	2–4		2–2	3–1	1–2	4–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–5
Northwich Victoria	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	6–2	5–2	1–2	2–1		4–3	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–0
Runcorn	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–2	4–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	3–4		4–3	1–1	0–1	0–8	2–3	1–3	2–3
Slough Town	1–2	1–1	2–3	5–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	1–2	5–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1		2–5	2–1	2–6	1–2	0–0	2–3
Southport	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	7–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	6–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0		5–3	0–1	3–2	2–0	2–2
Stalybridge Celtic	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–1	1–4		2–5	2–2	2–1	2–4
Stevenage Borough	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	4–1	4–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	3–1	1–3	2–2		0–1	4–1	4–0
Telford United	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–4	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–3		0–0	1–2
Welling United	1–1	2–1	5–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–1		1–2
Woking	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	5–1	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Altrincham

Bath City

Bromsgrove

Dagenham & R

Farnborough

Gateshead

Halifax Town

Hednesford

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Macclesfield

Morecambe

Northwich Victoria

Runcorn

Slough Town

Southport

Stalybridge

Stevenage

Telford

Welling

Woking

Dover

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Locations of the Football Conference 1995–1996 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Welling

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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1995–1996

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

• Hayes (from the Isthmian League)
• Rushden & Diamonds (from the Southern Premier League)

Relegated

• Dagenham & Redbridge (to the Isthmian League)
• Runcorn (to the Northern Premier League)

Top scorers in order of league goals

Rank	Player	Club	League	FA Cup	FA Trophy	League Cup	Total
1	Barry Hayles	Stevenage Borough	29	0	5	1	35
2	Joe O'Connor	Hednesford	23	1	0	2	26
3	Carl Alford	Kettering Town	22	2	1	0	25
4	Mark West	Slough Town	21	0	3	4	28
=	Chris Boothe	Farnborough Town	21	5	1	5	32
6	David Leworthy	Dover Athletic	20	1	1	3	25
7	Steve Harkus	Gateshead	19	0	0	1	20
8	Clive Walker	Woking	18	1	0	0	19
9	Carwyn Williams	Northwich Victoria	17	3	0	0	20
10	Andy Whittaker	Southport	16	0	1	3	20
11	Corey Browne	Stevenage Borough	15	1	0	0	16
12	Mike Bignall	Runcorn	14	2	0	0	16
=	Brian Butler	Northwich Victoria	14	2	4	0	20
=	Kim Casey	Kidderminster Harriers	14	1	0	2	17
=	Paul Davies	Kidderminster Harriers	14	0	0	0	14
=	Darran Hay	Woking	14	4	0	0	18
=	Junior Hunter	Woking	14	0	0	0	14

External links

• 1995–96 Conference National Results