| Season | 1991–92[1] |
|---|---|
| Champions | Colchester United (2ndFootball Conference title) |
| Promoted to theFootball League | Colchester United |
| Conference League Cup winners | Wycombe Wanderers |
| FA Trophy winners | Colchester United |
| Relegated toLevel 6 | Barrow, Cheltenham Town |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,343 (2.91 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Paul Cavell(Redbridge Forest), 29; Terry Robbins(Welling United), 29 |
| Biggest home win | Witton Albion –Stafford Rangers 6–0 (8 February 1992) |
| Biggest away win | Cheltenham Town –Redbridge Forest 0–7 (29 February 1992) |
| Highest scoring | Altrincham –Slough Town 3–7 (19 October 1991) |
| Longest winning run | Redbridge Forest, 7 matches; Wycombe Wanderers, 7 matches (twice) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Colchester United, 15 matches |
| Longest losing run | Altrincham, 9 matches |
| Highest attendance | Colchester United vBarrow, 7,193 (2 May 1992) |
| Lowest attendance | ? |
| Average attendance | 1,221 (– 14% compared to previous season) |
1992–93 → | |
The Football Conference season of 1991–92 (referred to as theGM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season of theFootball Conference.
Colchester United, relegated from theFourth Division two years earlier, regained theirFootball League status by winning the Conference title. However, as had happened a year earlier, there was no relegation from the Football League to the Conference due to an expansion of the Football League – which was ultimately never completed due to the bankruptcy ofAldershot late in the1991–92 season and thenMaidstone United (1897) at the start of the1992–93 season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colchester United(C, P) | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 98 | 40 | +58 | 94 | Promotion to theFootball League Third Division |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 84 | 35 | +49 | 94 | |
| 3 | Kettering Town | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 72 | 50 | +22 | 73 | |
| 4 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 68 | |
| 5 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 66 | |
| 6 | Telford United | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 64 | |
| 7 | Redbridge Forest | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 63 | Merged intoDagenham & Redbridge[a] |
| 8 | Boston United | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 63 | |
| 9 | Bath City | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 60 | |
| 10 | Witton Albion | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 58 | |
| 11 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 54 | |
| 12 | Welling United | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 69 | 79 | −10 | 54 | |
| 13 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 52 | |
| 14 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 48 | |
| 15 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | |
| 16 | Runcorn | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 46 | |
| 17 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 46 | |
| 18 | Altrincham | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 82 | −21 | 45 | |
| 19 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 56 | 77 | −21 | 45 | |
| 20 | Slough Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 56 | 82 | −26 | 45 | |
| 21 | Cheltenham Town(R) | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 56 | 82 | −26 | 43 | Relegation to theSouthern League Premier Division |
| 22 | Barrow(R) | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 38 | Relegation to theNorthern Premier League Premier Division |
| Home \ Away | ALT | BRW | BAT | BOS | CHL | COL | FAR | GAT | KET | KID | MAC | MER | NOR | RED | RUN | SLO | STA | TEL | WEL | WTN | WYC | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–7 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | |
| Barrow | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Bath City | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Boston United | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | |
| Cheltenham Town | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–7 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Colchester United | 3–3 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| Farnborough Town | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Gateshead | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| Kettering Town | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Redbridge Forest | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | |
| Runcorn | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Slough Town | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Telford United | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Welling United | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Witton Albion | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Cavell | Redbridge Forest | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| = | Terry Robbins | Welling United | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Gary Jones | Boston United | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 4 | Roy McDonough | Colchester United | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Simon Read | Farnborough Town | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| = | Karl Thomas | Witton Albion | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Steve McGavin | Colchester United | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
| = | David Webley | Merthyr Tydfil | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Gary Abbott | Welling United | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| = | Ken McKenna | Altrincham | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| = | Malcolm O'Connor | Northwich Victoria | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| = | Paul Randall | Bath City | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| 13 | Jon Graham | Kettering Town | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| = | Keith Scott | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Gary Bennett | Colchester United | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Richard Hill | Kettering Town | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| = | Mickey Spencer | Yeovil Town | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| = | Ceri Williams | Merthyr Tydfil | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |