1992–93 Football Conference
# 1992–93 Football Conference

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

## Overview

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

* Bromsgrove Rovers (promoted 1991–92)
* Stalybridge Celtic (promoted 1991–92)
* Woking (promoted 1991–92)
* Dagenham & Redbridge inherited Redbridge Forest's place after the latter's merger with Dagenham

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +47 | 83 | Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Third Division |
| 2 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 27 | +18 | 68 | |
| 3 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +28 | 67 | |
| 4 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 28 | +10 | 66 | |
| 5 | Slough Town | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | +5 | 65 | |
| 6 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | +8 | 64 | |
| 7 | Bath City | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 23 | +7 | 59 | |
| 8 | Woking | 42 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | −4 | 59 | |
| 9 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 58 | |
| 10 | Altrincham | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 27 | −3 | 58 | |
| 11 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 26 | +13 | 56 | Conference League Cup winners |
| 12 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | −7 | 56 | |
| 13 | Kettering Town | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −2 | 55 | |
| 14 | Gateshead | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 37 | −3 | 52 | |
| 15 | Telford United | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 36 | −5 | 52 | |
| 16 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 42 | −28 | 52 | |
| 17 | Witton Albion | 42 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 31 | −3 | 50 | |
| 18 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 30 | −10 | 49 | |
| 19 | Runcorn | 42 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 40 | −18 | 49 | |
| 20 | Welling United | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 35 | −15 | 48 | |
| 21 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 51 | −19 | 47 | Relegated to the Southern League |
| 22 | Boston United | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 38 | −19 | 40 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League |

* ↑ FA Trophy winners
* 1 2 3 New club in the Conference
* ↑ Dagenham & Redbridge were docked 1 point.

## Results

| 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 | |

## Promotion and relegation

### Promoted

* Wycombe Wanderers (to the Football League Third Division)
* Southport (from the Northern Premier League)
* Dover Athletic (from the Southern Premier League)

### Relegated

* Halifax Town (from the Football League Third Division)
* Boston United (to the Northern Premier League)
* Farnborough Town (to the Southern Premier League)

## Top scorers in order of league goals

| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
