| Season | 2001–02[1] |
|---|---|
| Champions | Boston United (1stFootball Conference title) |
| Direct promotion | Boston United |
| Conference League Cup winners | Competition not held |
| FA Trophy winners | Yeovil Town (1stFA Trophy title) |
| Relegated toLevel 6 | Dover Athletic, Hayes, Stalybridge Celtic |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,289 (2.79 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Daryl Clare(Boston United), 24 Mark Stein(Dagenham & Redbridge), 24 |
| Biggest home win | Margate –Stalybridge Celtic 8–0 (27 April 2002) |
| Biggest away win | Dagenham & Redbridge –Telford 1–5 (22 December 2001); Hayes –Doncaster 1–5 (15 September 2001); Morecambe –Yeovil 1–5 (9 February 2002); Hayes –Yeovil 0–4 (26 January 2002); Stalybridge Celtic –Chester 0–4 (9 March 2002) |
| Highest scoring | Margate –Stalybridge Celtic 8–0 (27 April 2002) |
| Longest winning run | ? |
| Longest unbeaten run | ? |
| Longest losing run | ? |
| Highest attendance | Yeovil Town vBoston United, 5,061 (26 March 2002) |
| Lowest attendance | ? |
| Average attendance | 1,370 (– 12% compared with the previous season) |
2002–03 → | |
The 2001–02 Football Conference season was the twenty-third season of theFootball Conference, also known as theNationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.
The manager ofBoston United,Steve Evans, and former chairman, Pat Malkinson, were charged with breakingthe Football Association's rules over the registration of players. Both men received bans from the FA, and the club were fined and docked four points from their first season in the League. This angered some, especially the Conference runners upDagenham & Redbridge, who believed that any points deduction should have applied to the previous season, which would have meant Dagenham being promoted instead.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston United[a](C, P) | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 84 | 42 | +42 | 84 | Promotion to theFootball League Third Division |
| 2 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 84 | |
| 3 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 70 | |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 68 | 46 | +22 | 67 | |
| 5 | Barnet | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 67 | |
| 6 | Morecambe | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 62 | |
| 7 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 61 | |
| 8 | Margate | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 58 | |
| 9 | Telford United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 57 | |
| 10 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 57 | |
| 11 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 55 | |
| 12 | Scarborough | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 55[b] | |
| 13 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 57 | 70 | −13 | 55 | |
| 14 | Chester City | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 54 | |
| 15 | Southport | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 53 | |
| 16 | Leigh RMI | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 53 | |
| 17 | Hereford United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 | |
| 18 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 51 | |
| 19 | Woking | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 48 | |
| 20 | Hayes(R) | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 44 | Relegation to theIsthmian League Premier Division |
| 21 | Stalybridge Celtic(R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 69 | −29 | 43 | Relegation to theNorthern Premier League Premier Division |
| 22 | Dover Athletic(R) | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 39 | Relegation to theSouthern League Premier Division |
| Home \ Away | BAR | BOS | CHE | D&R | DON | DOV | FAR | FGR | HAY | HER | LEI | MAR | MOR | NOR | NUN | SCA | SOU | STL | STB | TEL | WOK | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | |
| Boston United | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| Chester City | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Dover Athletic | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Farnborough Town | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Forest Green Rovers | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Hayes | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–4 | |
| Hereford United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Leigh RMI | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| Margate | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | |
| Morecambe | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |
| Nuneaton Borough | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Scarborough | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Southport | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Stevenage Borough | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | |
| Telford United | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | |
| Woking | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Yeovil Town | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |