1993–94 Football Conference
# 1993–94 Football Conference

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 |

* 1 2 New club in the Conference
* ↑ Merthyr Tydfil were docked 2 points.

## 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 | |

## 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 |
