| Season | 1990–91[1] |
|---|---|
| Champions | Barnet (1stFootball Conference title) |
| Promoted to theFootball League | Barnet |
| Conference League Cup winners | Sutton United |
| FA Trophy winners | Wycombe Wanderers |
| Relegated toLevel 6 | Fisher Athletic, Sutton United |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,364 (2.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gary Bull(Barnet), 30 |
| Biggest home win | Altrincham –Merthyr Tydfil 9–2 (16 February 1991); Barnet –Fisher Athletic 8–1 (16 October 1990); Merthyr Tydfil –Fisher Athletic 7–0 (24 November 1990) |
| Biggest away win | Gateshead –Sutton 0–9 (22 September 1990) |
| Highest scoring | Altrincham –Merthyr Tydfil 9–2 (16 February 1991); Barnet –Fisher Athletic 8–1 (16 October 1990); Yeovil Town –Slough Town 7–2 (6 April 1991); Welling United –Northwich Victoria 4–5 (29 September 1990); Gateshead –Sutton 0–9 (22 September 1990) |
| Longest winning run | Barnet,Kettering Town, 7 matches |
| Longest unbeaten run | Altrincham, 28 matches |
| Longest losing run | Yeovil Town, 7 matches |
| Highest attendance | Colchester United vAltrincham, 7,221 (20 April 1991) |
| Lowest attendance | ? |
| Average attendance | 1,415 (– 0.09% compared to previous season) |
1991–92 → | |
The Football Conference season of 1990–91 (known as theGM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth season of theFootball Conference.
Barnet finished the season as Conference champions and were promoted to the Football League Fourth Division, finishing narrowly ahead ofColchester United, who had been relegated to the Conference a year earlier.
There was no relegation from theFourth Division to the Conference this year, due to expansion of theFootball League.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnet(C, P) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 103 | 52 | +51 | 87 | Promotion to theFootball League Fourth Division |
| 2 | Colchester United | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 85 | |
| 3 | Altrincham | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 87 | 46 | +41 | 82 | |
| 4 | Kettering Town | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 80 | |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 74 | |
| 6 | Telford United | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 67 | |
| 7 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 63 | |
| 8 | Runcorn | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 58 | |
| 9 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 57 | |
| 10 | Barrow | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 57 | |
| 11 | Welling United | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 54 | |
| 12 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 65 | 75 | −10 | 52 | |
| 13 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 52 | |
| 14 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 50 | |
| 15 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 50 | |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 48 | |
| 17 | Gateshead | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 52 | 92 | −40 | 48 | |
| 18 | Boston United | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 47 | |
| 19 | Slough Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 51 | 80 | −29 | 45 | |
| 20 | Bath City | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 42 | |
| 21 | Sutton United(R) | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 62 | 82 | −20 | 39 | Relegation to theIsthmian League Premier Division |
| 22 | Fisher Athletic(R) | 42 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 38 | 79 | −41 | 30 | Relegation to theSouthern League Premier Division |
| Home \ Away | ALT | BAR | BRW | BAT | BOS | CHL | COL | FIS | GAT | KET | KID | MAC | MER | NOR | RUN | SLO | STA | SUT | TEL | WEL | WYC | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 9–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Barnet | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Barrow | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Bath City | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Boston United | 2–6 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Cheltenham Town | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Colchester United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Fisher Athletic | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Gateshead | 0–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–9 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Kettering Town | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Runcorn | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Slough Town | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Sutton United | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Telford United | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Welling United | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Bull | Barnet | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2 | Mark West | Wycombe Wanderers | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 33 |
| 3 | Ken McKenna | Altrincham | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 30 |
| 4 | Mark Carter | Barnet | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| = | Paul Randall | Bath City | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Colin Cowperthwaite | Barrow | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| = | Terry Robbins | Welling United | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Mario Walsh | Colchester United | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Paul Cavell | Boston United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| = | Nicky Evans | Barnet | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Charlie Butler | Gateshead | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| = | Peter Howell | Kidderminster Harriers | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | John Askey | Macclesfield Town | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| = | John Brady | Altrincham | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| = | Kim Casey | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 |