1992–93 Football Conference

Football Conference

Season	1992–93
Champions	Wycombe Wanderers (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League	Wycombe Wanderers
Conference League Cup winners	Northwich Victoria
FA Trophy winners	Wycombe Wanderers
Relegated to Level 6	Boston United, Farnborough Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,291 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Leworthy (Farnborough Town), 32
Biggest home win	Dagenham & Redbridge – Merthyr Tydfil 6–1 (6 April 1993); Farnborough Town – Gateshead 6–1 (22 August 1992); Kettering Town – Slough Town 5–0 (3 November 1992); Telford United – Merthyr Tydfil 5–0 (12 Aor 1993); Welling United – Merthyr Tydfil 5–0 (21 November 1992)
Biggest away win	Stalybridge Celtic – Northwich Victoria 0–6 (2 January 1993)
Highest scoring	Telford United – Farnborough Town 6–3 (12 September 1992)
Longest winning run	Wycombe Wanderers, 9 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Wycombe Wanderers, 10 matches
Longest losing run	Northwich Victoria, Telford United, 6 matches
Highest attendance	Wycombe Wanderers v Slough Town, 7,230 (23 March 1993)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,229 (+ 1% compared to previous season)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

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

Source:
Notes:

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. Headline, 1993.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Altrincham

Bath City

Boston United

Bromsgrove

Dagenham & R

Farnborough

Gateshead

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Macclesfield

Merthyr Tydfil

Northwich Victoria

Runcorn

Slough Town

Stafford

Stalybridge

Telford

Welling

Witton Albion

Woking

Wycombe

Yeovil Town

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Locations of the Football Conference 1992–93 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Welling

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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1992–1993

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

External links

• 1992–93 Conference National Results