2009–10 Football Conference

The 2009–10 Football Conference season was the sixth season with the Football Conference consisting of three divisions, and the thirty-first season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team (Stevenage Borough) and the winner of the play-off (Oxford United) of the National division were promoted to Football League Two. The bottom four were scheduled to be relegated to the North or South divisions, but in the event two teams (Salisbury City and Chester City) were expelled and only the bottom two clubs (Ebbsfleet United and Grays Athletic) were relegated with them. The champions of the North and South divisions (Southport and Newport County respectively) were promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division (Fleetwood Town and Bath City). The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions were relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League. For sponsorship reasons, the Conference Premier was frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.

National League (English football)

Season	2009–10
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Conference Premier

A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Conference North

• Tamworth
• Gateshead

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Conference South

• AFC Wimbledon
• Hayes & Yeading United

Teams relegated from 2008–09 League Two

• Chester City
• Luton Town

Luton Town became the first team to drop from the Football League Championship to the Conference in successive seasons and in the process ended an 89-year stay in the Football League.

On 26 February 2010, Chester City were expelled from the Conference for numerous rule breaches.[1] Since no appeal was forthcoming, their results were expunged on 8 March 2010.[2]

League table

Conference Premier

Season	2009–10
Champions	Stevenage Borough (2nd Football Conference title)
Promoted to League Two	Stevenage Borough, Oxford United
Relegated to Conference South	Ebbsfleet United
Relegated to Southern Football League Premier Division	Salisbury City
Relegated to Isthmian League Division One North	Grays Athletic
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1,293 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Richard Brodie (York City), 26
Biggest home win	Rushden & Diamonds – Gateshead 8–0 (13 March 2010), Luton Town – Hayes & Yeading United 8–0 (27 March 2010)
Biggest away win	Eastbourne Borough – Stevenage Borough 0–6 (2 March 2010)
Highest scoring	Luton Town – Histon 6–3, Rushden & Diamonds – Grays Athletic 5–4
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Average attendance	2,045 (+15% compared with the previous season)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stevenage Borough (C, P)	44	30	9	5	79	24	+55	99	Promotion to 2010–11 League Two
2	Luton Town	44	26	10	8	84	40	+44	88	Qualification to Conference Premier play-offs
3	Oxford United (P)	44	25	11	8	64	31	+33	86
4	Rushden & Diamonds	44	22	13	9	77	39	+38	79
5	York City	44	22	12	10	62	35	+27	78
6	Kettering Town	44	18	12	14	51	41	+10	66
7	Crawley Town	44	19	9	16	50	57	−7	66
8	AFC Wimbledon	44	18	10	16	61	47	+14	64
9	Mansfield Town	44	17	11	16	69	60	+9	62
10	Cambridge United	44	15	14	15	65	53	+12	59
11	Wrexham	44	15	13	16	45	39	+6	58
12	Salisbury City[lower-alpha 1] (R)	44	21	5	18	58	63	−5	58	Relegation to Southern League Premier Division
13	Kidderminster Harriers	44	15	12	17	57	52	+5	57
14	Altrincham	44	13	15	16	53	51	+2	54
15	Barrow	44	13	13	18	50	67	−17	52
16	Tamworth	44	11	16	17	42	52	−10	49
17	Hayes & Yeading United	44	12	12	20	59	85	−26	48
18	Histon	44	11	13	20	44	67	−23	46
19	Eastbourne Borough	44	11	13	20	42	72	−30	46
20	Gateshead[lower-alpha 2]	44	13	7	24	46	69	−23	45
21	Forest Green Rovers[lower-alpha 3]	44	12	9	23	50	76	−26	45
22	Ebbsfleet United (R)	44	12	8	24	50	82	−32	44	Relegation to Conference South
23	Grays Athletic[lower-alpha 4] (R)	44	5	13	26	35	91	−56	26	Relegation to Isthmian League Division One North
24	Chester City[lower-alpha 5]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club expelled, record expunged

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2010. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Salisbury City were initially docked 10 points for entering administration,[3] and were demoted to the Southern League at the end of the season for failing to come out it.[4]
2. Gateshead deducted one point for failing to fulfil a fixture.[5]
3. Forest Green Rovers reprieved from relegation.
4. Grays Athletic were docked two points for fielding ineligible players.[6] Grays were demoted from the Conference Premier but declined to join the Conference South for financial reasons. They later applied to join the Isthmian League, and were accepted into the Isthmian League Division One North for 2010–11.[7]
5. Chester City were initially docked 25 points for entering administration and insolvency,[8] but were later expelled on 26 February 2010 and their record (P28 W5 D7 L16 GF23 GA42 Pts-3) was expunged on 8 March 2010.[2]

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final at Wembley
	5	York City	1	1	2
	2	Luton Town	0	0	0
								5	York City	1
								3	Oxford United	3
	4	Rushden & Diamonds	1	0	1
	3	Oxford United	1	2	3

Stadia and locations

AFC Wimbledon

Altrincham

Barrow

Cambridge United

Chester City

Crawley Town

Eastbourne Borough

Ebbsfleet United

Forest Green Rovers

Gateshead

Grays Athletic

Hayes & Yeading United

Histon

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Luton Town

Mansfield Town

Oxford United

Rushden & Diamonds

Salisbury City

Stevenage Borough

Tamworth

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Conference Premier 2009–10 teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,550
Oxford United	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	10,226
Mansfield Town	Field Mill	10,000
Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium	9,617
York City	Bootham Crescent	9,196
Stevenage Borough	The Lamex Stadium	7,100
Hayes & Yeading United	Church Road	6,500
Rushden & Diamonds	Nene Park	6,441
Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough	6,238
Kettering Town	Rockingham Road	6,170
Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
Chester	Deva Stadium	5,328
Forest Green Rovers	The New Lawn	5,147
Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road	5,011
Crawley Town	Broadfield Stadium	4,996
AFC Wimbledon	Kingsmeadow	4,720
Barrow	Holker Street	4,256
Eastbourne Borough	Priory Lane	4,134
Grays Athletic	New Recreation Ground	4,100
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
Histon	Bridge Road	3,800
Salisbury City	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	3,500

Results

Home \ Away	WIM	ALT	BRW	CAM	CHR	CRA	EAB	EBB	FGR	GAT	GRY	H&Y	HIS	KET	KID	LUT	MAN	OXF	R&D	SAL	STB	TAM	WRE	YOR
AFC Wimbledon		1–1	0–2	0–0		1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	5–0	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–1
Altrincham	0–1		0–1	0–2		0–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	5–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–0
Barrow	2–2	0–3		0–1		4–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–6	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Cambridge United	2–2	0–0	0–2			0–1	0–1	4–0	7–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–4	3–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–1
Chester
Crawley Town	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0			2–2	2–1	3–1	1–4	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–1
Eastbourne Borough	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2		0–2		1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–6	1–1	2–1	3–1
Ebbsfleet United	2–2	1–2	1–4	1–3		0–0	3–2		4–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–6	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
Forest Green Rovers	2–5	4–3	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	3–4	0–2	2–1
Gateshead	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		2–1	3–0	1–3	3–1		3–0	0–0	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2
Grays Athletic	2–4	0–3	3–3	2–0		2–3	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–0		0–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–4
Hayes & Yeading United	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0		2–1	1–1	4–2	2–3	3–2	4–0		0–2	1–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–6	3–4	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1
Histon	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–1		0–1	2–0	1–0	5–2	0–0	0–0	3–3		1–0	1–1	0–2	0–5	3–4	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1
Kettering Town	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1		1–1	4–0	3–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–1		0–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1
Kidderminster Harriers	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	0–1		1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–1
Luton Town	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2		3–0	4–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	6–0	8–0	6–3	0–1	3–1		4–1	2–1	0–2	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1
Mansfield Town	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–1		4–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	0–0		2–1	3–2	4–2	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–1
Oxford United	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		3–1	4–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	5–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1
Rushden & Diamonds	0–1	0–1	4–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	8–0	5–4	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–1
Salisbury City	0–2	4–1	3–0	2–1		2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–3		0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
Stevenage Borough	0–0	1–1	4–0	4–1		2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	5–3	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1		1–1	0–0	1–0
Tamworth	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–0		0–1	1–1	3–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–4	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0		2–1	2–3
Wrexham	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2		2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0		1–0
York City	5–0	2–1	3–0	2–2		2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2010. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 24 April.[9]

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Richard Brodie	York City	26
	Matt Tubbs	Salisbury City
3	Tom Craddock	Luton Town	23
4	James Constable	Oxford United	22
5	Danny Kedwell	AFC Wimbledon	21
6	Danny Crow	Cambridge United	19
7	Jake Speight	Mansfield Town	17
8	Moses Ashikodi*	Ebbsfleet United	16
	Kevin Gallen	Luton Town
	Magno Vieira	Ebbsfleet United
11	Daryl Clare**	Gateshead	15
	Chris Senior	Altrincham
13	Rob Duffy	Mansfield Town	14
	Yemi Odubade	Stevenage Borough
	Lee Tomlin	Rushden & Diamonds

• 1.Moses Ashikodi scored six goals for Kettering Town
• 2.Daryl Clare scored two goals for Mansfield Town

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Lee Boylan for Stevenage Borough against Tamworth, 12:56 minutes (8 August 2009)[10]
• Last goal of the season: Adam Marriott for Cambridge United against Altrincham, 92:58 minutes (24 April 2010)[11]
• First penalty kick of the season: Lee Boylan (scored) for Stevenage Borough against Tamworth, 12:56 minutes (8 August 2009)[10]
• First own goal of the Season: Jamie Stuart (Rushden & Diamonds) for Salisbury City, 46:42 (8 August 2009)[12]
• First hat-trick of the season: Matt Tubbs for Salisbury City against Hayes & Yeading (31 August 2009)[13]
• Quickest hat-trick: 7 minutes – Mitchell Cole for Stevenage Borough against Eastbourne Borough (2 March 2010)[14]
• Fastest goal scored in a match: 36 seconds – Lewis Taylor for AFC Wimbledon against Forest Green Rovers (10 October 2009)[15]
• Goal scored at the latest point of a game: 90+6 minutes and 51 seconds – Keith Keane for Luton Town against Oxford United (9 February 2010)[16]
• Widest winning margin: 8 goals
  • Rushden & Diamonds 8–0 Gateshead (13 March 2010)[17]
  • Luton Town 8–0 Hayes & Yeading United (27 March 2010)[18]
• Widest away winning margin: 6 goals – Eastbourne Borough 0–6 Stevenage Borough (2 March 2010)[14]
• Most goals in one half: 7 goals – Luton Town 8–0 Hayes & Yeading United (27 March 2010)[18]
• Most goals in one half by a single team: 7 goals – Luton Town 8–0 Hayes & Yeading United (27 March 2010)[18]
• Most goals scored by the losing team: 4 goals – Rushden & Diamonds 5–4 Grays Athletic (12 September 2009)[19]
• Most own goals scored in one match: 2 goals – AFC Wimbledon 2–2 Wrexham (30 March 2010)[20]

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Jason Walker for Barrow against Cambridge United, 2 minutes and 57 seconds (8 August 2009)[21]
• First red card of the season: Sean Newton for Barrow against Cambridge United, 52 minutes and 31 seconds (8 August 2009)[21]
• Card given at latest point in a game: Damian Batt (red) at 90+8 minutes and 17 seconds for Oxford United against Tamworth (16 January 2010)[22]

Sequences

• Longest winning run: 9 games – Luton Town, ended 10 April 2010.[23]
• Longest unbeaten run: 17 games – Stevenage Borough, ended 1 December 2009.[24]
• Longest losing run: 8 games – Grays Athletic, ended 27 February 2010.[25]
• Longest run without winning: 20 games – Grays Athletic, ended 13 April 2010.[26]
• Longest run of successive home wins: 7 games
  • Luton Town – from 9 March 2010 to 17 April 2010.[27]
  • Stevenage Borough – from 1 January 2010 to 3 April 2010.[28]
• Longest run of successive away wins: 8 games – Stevenage Borough, from 24 February 2010 until end of season.[29]

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 27 – Stevenage Borough.[30]
• Fewest clean sheets: 7 – Eastbourne Borough and Ebbsfleet United.[30]
• Consecutive clean sheets: 6 games without conceding:
  • AFC Wimbledon – from 24 November 2009 to 1 January 2010.[31]
  • Oxford United – from 29 August 2009 to 22 September 2009.[32]
  • Stevenage Borough – from 5 April 2010 until end of season.[33]

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August[34][35]	Chris Wilder	Oxford United	George Pilkington	Luton Town
September[36]	Chris Wilder	Oxford United	Ryan Clarke	Oxford United
October[37][38]	David Holdsworth	Mansfield Town	Paul Farman	Gateshead
November[39][40]	Martin Foyle	York City	Richard Brodie	York City
December[41]	Terry Brown	AFC Wimbledon	Seb Brown	AFC Wimbledon
January[42][43]	Graham Westley	Stevenage Borough	Magno Vieira	Ebbsfleet United
February[44][45]	Steve Burr	Kidderminster Harriers	Chris Senior	Altrincham
March[46][47]	Richard Money	Luton Town	Claude Gnakpa	Luton Town
April[48][49]	Tommy Widdrington	Salisbury City	Mark Roberts	Stevenage Borough

Conference North

Conference North

Season	2009–10
Champions	Southport
Promoted	Southport Fleetwood Town
Relegated	None
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, one relegated from the Conference Premier and four promoted from the lower leagues.

In April 2009, the Conference decided to demote King's Lynn at the end of the 2008–09 season, because their ground did not meet Conference standards.[50] Farsley Celtic resigned from the league on 8 March 2010 and their playing record was expunged on 12 March. Both Harrogate Town and Vauxhall Motors were reprieved from relegation following Farsley Celtic's withdrawal from the league, Chester's expulsion from the Conference Premier and Northwich Victoria's demotion to the Northern Premier League under financial rules.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Northern Premier League Premier Division

• Eastwood Town
• Ilkeston Town

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Southern League Premier Division

• Corby Town
• Gloucester City

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Conference Premier

• Northwich Victoria

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Southport (C, P)	40	25	11	4	91	45	+46	86	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Fleetwood Town (P)	40	26	7	7	86	44	+42	85	Qualification for Conference North play-offs
3	Alfreton Town	40	21	11	8	77	45	+32	74
4	Workington	40	20	10	10	46	37	+9	70
5	Droylsden	40	18	10	12	82	62	+20	64
6	Corby Town	40	18	9	13	73	62	+11	63
7	Hinckley United	40	16	14	10	60	52	+8	62
8	Ilkeston Town	40	16	13	11	53	45	+8	61
9	Stalybridge Celtic	40	16	7	17	71	64	+7	55
10	Eastwood Town	40	15	9	16	50	55	−5	54
11	AFC Telford United	40	14	9	17	52	55	−3	51
12	Northwich Victoria[lower-alpha 1]	40	15	13	12	62	55	+7	48	Demoted to Northern Premier League[lower-alpha 2]
13	Blyth Spartans	40	13	9	18	67	72	−5	48
14	Gainsborough Trinity	40	12	11	17	50	57	−7	47
15	Hyde United	40	11	12	17	45	72	−27	45
16	Stafford Rangers	40	10	14	16	59	70	−11	44
17	Solihull Moors	40	11	9	20	47	58	−11	42
18	Gloucester City	40	12	6	22	47	59	−12	42
19	Redditch United	40	10	8	22	49	83	−34	38
20	Vauxhall Motors[lower-alpha 3]	40	7	14	19	45	81	−36	35
21	Harrogate Town[lower-alpha 3]	40	8	6	26	41	80	−39	30
22	Farsley Celtic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club expelled, record expunged[lower-alpha 4]

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2010. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Northwich Victoria were originally thrown out of the Football Conference for going into administration, but they successfully appealed, and were allowed to play in the Conference North starting on −10 points.[51]
2. Northwich Victoria were demoted to the Northern Premier League after the end of the season.
3. Vauxhall Motors and Harrogate Town were reprieved from relegation.[52]
4. Farsley Celtic resigned on 8 March 2010 and their record (P30 W14 D2 L14 GF48 GA55 Pts34) was expunged on 12 March 2010.[53] Prior to this Farsley were in administration and, like Northwich Victoria, had been allowed to play in the Conference North starting on −10 points.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Droylsden	2	1(3)	3
	2	Fleetwood Town	0	3(4)	3
								2	Fleetwood Town	2
								3	Alfreton Town	1
	4	Workington	0	1	1
	3	Alfreton Town	1	3	4

Stadia and locations

AFC Telford United

Alfreton Town

Blyth Spartans

Corby Town

Droylsden

Eastwood Town

Farsley Celtic

Fleetwood Town

Gainsborough Trinity

Gloucester City

Harrogate Town

Hinckley United

Hyde United

Ilkeston Town

Northwich Victoria

Redditch United

Solihull Moors

Southport

Stafford Rangers

Stalybridge Celtic

Vauxhall Motors

Workington

Locations of the Conference North 2009–10 teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
AFC Telford United	New Bucks Head	6,300
Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Redditch United	The Valley	5,000
Gloucester City	The Corinium Stadium	4,500
Northwich Victoria	Victoria Stadium	4,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,450
Hinckley United	De Montfort Park	4,329
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,304
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,150
Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,100
Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	3,900
Fleetwood Town	Highbury Stadium	3,663
Alfreton Town	North Street	3,600
Ilkeston Town	New Manor Ground	3,500
Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road	3,300
Workington	Borough Park	3,101
Solihull Moors	Damson Park	3,050
Corby Town	Rockingham Triangle	3,000
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Eastwood Town	Coronation Park	2,500
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park	2,500

Results

Home \ Away	TEL	ALF	BLY	COR	DRO	EAS	FAR	FLE	GAI	GLO	HAR	HIN	HYD	ILK	NOR	RED	SOL	SOU	STA	STL	VAU	WRK
AFC Telford United		2–0	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–1		0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	5–1	1–0
Alfreton Town	4–0		1–0	1–0	5–0	1–1		1–4	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–5	2–2	2–0
Blyth Spartans	4–0	2–0		1–2	2–2	1–3		2–3	2–1	0–3	1–0	6–1	4–3	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	4–1	3–2	0–0
Corby Town	1–2	1–2	4–2		1–0	1–1		0–2	2–2	3–6	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	5–1	4–1	0–2
Droylsden	1–5	0–0	2–1	1–2		0–1		2–0	4–1	2–2	5–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	6–1	5–3	0–3	7–1	3–2	1–1	0–1
Eastwood Town	1–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	2–1			0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–2
Farsley Celtic
Fleetwood Town	3–1	2–2	4–2	4–2	3–0	3–1			2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	8–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	4–0
Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–4		2–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–4	3–0	0–0	2–4	1–3	1–3	2–0	0–1
Gloucester City	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–4	1–3		1–2	1–0		0–1	3–5	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2
Harrogate Town	0–3	0–4	2–5	0–4	2–2	0–1		0–1	2–0	1–1		3–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–3	1–4	0–4	3–0	1–2
Hinckley United	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		0–2	2–0	1–0	3–2		1–2	1–0	1–1	5–1	0–3	4–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–2
Hyde United	1–1	1–5	0–3	1–3	2–1	1–0		2–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	3–2		1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–2
Ilkeston Town	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	0–0	3–3	0–1	1–1		1–1	3–2	1–0	3–2	2–3	3–2	4–0	1–3
Northwich Victoria	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	2–5	4–4		0–3	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	3–1	4–1		0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–3
Redditch United	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–2		0–0	0–3	4–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–1		1–4	2–2	1–2	1–4	1–1	2–1
Solihull Moors	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1		1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–4	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–2
Southport	3–0	1–3	3–2	4–0	3–3	5–1		5–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0		4–2	2–1	3–0	2–0
Stafford Rangers	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–3		2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	1–2		1–2	3–1	2–0
Stalybridge Celtic	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–0		2–3	3–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	2–4	1–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	0–1	2–2		3–1	2–2
Vauxhall Motors	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–2	3–2		2–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	0–5	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–2		1–1
Workington	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2010. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August[34][35]	Paul Cox	Eastwood Town	Ciaran Kilheeney	Southport
September[54][55]	Steve Burr	Stalybridge Celtic	Dan Lowson	Ilkeston Town
October[37][38]	Liam Watson	Southport	Mark Danks	Northwich Victoria
November[39][40]	Dean Thomas	Hinckley United	Adam Webster	Hinckley United
December[56][57]	Steve Burr	Stalybridge Celtic	Andy Ducros	Redditch United
January[42][43]	Darren Edmondson	Workington	Nick Rogan	Fleetwood Town
February[44][45]	Nicky Law	Alfreton Town	Andy Brown	AFC Telford United
March[46][47]	Brian Little	Gainsborough Trinity	Adam Warlow	Fleetwood Town

Conference South

Conference South

Season	2009–10
Champions	Newport County
Promoted	Newport County Bath City
Relegated	Lewes
Matches played	462
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, three relegated from the Conference Premier and two promoted from the Isthmian League.

Team Bath announced that they were to leave the Football Conference from the end of the 2008–09 season. The club decided to fold, after being informed they could not be promoted to the professional leagues, which also led to them no longer being able to play FA Cup games. Thus Thurrock were reprieved from relegation.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Isthmian League Premier Division

• Dover Athletic
• Staines Town

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Conference Premier

• Lewes
• Woking
• Weymouth

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Newport County (C, P)	42	32	7	3	93	26	+67	103	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Dover Athletic	42	22	9	11	66	47	+19	75	Qualification for Conference South Playoffs
3	Chelmsford City	42	22	9	11	62	48	+14	75
4	Bath City (P)	42	20	12	10	66	46	+20	72
5	Woking	42	21	9	12	57	44	+13	72
6	Havant & Waterlooville	42	19	14	9	65	44	+21	71
7	Braintree Town	42	18	17	7	56	41	+15	71
8	Staines Town	42	18	13	11	59	40	+19	67
9	Welling United	42	18	9	15	66	51	+15	63
10	Thurrock	42	16	13	13	66	60	+6	61
11	Eastleigh	42	17	9	16	71	66	+5	60
12	Bromley	42	15	10	17	68	64	+4	55
13	St Albans City	42	15	10	17	45	55	−10	55
14	Hampton & Richmond	42	14	9	19	56	66	−10	51
15	Basingstoke Town	42	13	10	19	49	68	−19	49
16	Maidenhead United	42	12	12	18	52	59	−7	48
17	Dorchester Town	42	13	9	20	56	74	−18	48
18	Bishop's Stortford	42	12	11	19	48	59	−11	47
19	Lewes	42	9	15	18	49	63	−14	42
20	Worcester City[lower-alpha 1]	42	10	10	22	48	60	−12	40	Transferred to Conference North
21	Weston-super-Mare[lower-alpha 1]	42	5	8	29	48	93	−45	23
22	Weymouth (R)	42	5	7	30	31	103	−72	22	Relegation to Level 7

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2010. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Worcester City and Weston-super-Mare reprieved from relegation.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Woking	2	0	2
	2	Dover Athletic	1	0	1
								4	Bath City	1
								5	Woking	0
	4	Bath City	2	1	3
	3	Chelmsford City	0	0	0

Stadia and locations

Basingstoke Town

Bath City

Bishop's Stortford

Braintree Town

Bromley

Chelmsford City

Dorchester Town

Dover Athletic

Eastleigh

H & R B

H & W

Lewes

Maidenhead Utd

Newport County

Staines Town

St Albans City

Thurrock

Welling United

Weston-super-Mare

Weymouth

Woking

Worcester City

Locations of the Conference South 2009–10 teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Bath City	Twerton Park	8,800
Dover Athletic	Crabble Stadium	6,500
Weymouth	The Wessex Stadium	6,500
Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Basingstoke Town	The Camrose	6,000
Havant & Waterlooville	West Leigh Park	5,250
Dorchester Town	Avenue Stadium	5,009
Bromley	Hayes Lane	5,000
Worcester City	St George's Lane	4,749
Newport County	Newport Stadium	4,700
St Albans City	Clarence Park	4,500
Welling United	Park View Road	4,500
Braintree Town	Cressing Road	4,145
Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,000
Thurrock	Ship Lane	3,500
Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Chelmsford City	Melbourne Stadium	3,000
Eastleigh	Silverlake Stadium	3,000
Hampton & Richmond	Beveree Stadium	3,000
Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000
Maidenhead United	York Road	3,000
Staines Town	Wheatsheaf Park	3,000

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BAT	BST	BRA	BRO	CHE	DOR	DOV	EAS	H&R	H&W	LEW	MDH	NPC	SAC	STA	THU	WEL	WSM	WEY	WOK	WRC
Basingstoke Town		1–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–5	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1
Bath City	4–3		2–2	2–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	1–1
Bishop's Stortford	0–2	1–5		0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–4	3–0	0–1	0–3	2–1
Braintree Town	1–2	2–0	2–0		1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0
Bromley	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1		3–3	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0
Chelmsford City	1–2	4–3	3–0	1–1	1–2		1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–0
Dorchester Town	6–1	2–2	2–0	5–0	0–0	0–3		1–3	1–2	2–1	4–3	1–1	4–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1
Dover Athletic	2–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1		2–1	4–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–3	2–0	0–2	0–2
Eastleigh	6–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	6–1	3–1	2–0	1–2		0–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–4	0–1	0–0	2–8	1–3	3–1	4–0	0–2	4–1
Hampton & Richmond	0–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–4	4–1		1–1	1–2	4–0	0–4	3–0	1–4	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–2	2–2
Havant & Waterlooville	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	6–0	3–1	1–1	3–2
Lewes	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	5–0	6–2	1–2	1–0	0–3		1–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3
Maidenhead United	3–2	1–2	4–0	0–0	4–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–1		1–3	0–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1
Newport County	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	5–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–1		5–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
St Albans City	2–0	0–2	2–4	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1		1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0
Staines Town	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–3		3–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–1
Thurrock	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–6	1–1	5–2	0–2	3–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2		3–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1
Welling United	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	3–0	2–2		3–1	7–1	1–2	1–0
Weston-super-Mare	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	3–3	1–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–4	1–4	2–3	0–1	1–3	1–2		3–0	1–1	3–1
Weymouth	0–6	0–2	2–6	1–1	1–5	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–5	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–5	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–2		0–0	2–1
Woking	4–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–5	2–1	4–0		1–0
Worcester City	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–2	4–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2010. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August[34][35]	Frank Gray	Basingstoke Town	Manny Williams	Havant & Waterlooville
September[54][55]	Dean Holdsworth	Newport County	Craig Reid	Newport County
October[37][38]	Alan Devonshire	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Will Hendry	Maidenhead United
November[39][40]	Dean Holdsworth	Newport County	Tom Whitnell	Welling United
December[56][57]	Glenn Pennyfather	Chelmsford City	Charlie Henry	Newport County
January[42][43]	Steve Cordery	Staines Town	Sam Foley	Newport County
February[44][45]	Dean Holdsworth	Newport County	Mitchell Bryant	Basingstoke Town
March[46][47]	Glenn Pennyfather	Chelmsford City	Lee Clarke	Welling United

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