| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Kidderminster Harriers (2nd Football Conference title) |
| Direct promotion | Kidderminster Harriers |
| Conference League Cup winners | Doncaster Rovers |
| FA Trophy winners | Kingstonian (2nd FA Trophy title), 2nd successive |
| Relegated to Level 6 | Altrincham, Sutton United, Welling United |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,228 (2.66 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Justin Jackson (Morecambe), 29 |
| Biggest home win | Rushden & Diamonds – Northwich Victoria 6–0 (29 January 2000) |
| Biggest away win | Hayes – Rushden & Diamonds 0–5 (4 December 1999) |
| Highest scoring | Morecambe – Sutton 6–2 (4 December 1999); Telford – Hednesford 6–2 (3 January 2000); Hereford – Doncaster 5–3 (4 September 1999); Hereford – Scarborough 4–4 (2 October 1999); Rushden & Diamonds – Kidderminster 5–3 (21 September 1999); Northwich Victoria – Kettering Town 2–6 (24 April 2000) |
| Longest winning run | Kidderminster Harriers, Southport, Stevenage Borough, 6 matches |
| Longest unbeaten run | Morecambe, 17 matches |
| Longest losing run | Sutton, 7 matches |
| Highest attendance | Kidderminster Harriers v Rushden & Diamonds, 6,250 (8 April 2000) |
| Lowest attendance | Sutton v Scarborough, 460 (20 April 2000) |
| Average attendance | 1,619 (– 0.47 compared to the previous season) |
← 1998–99 2000–01 → | |
The Football Conference season of 1999–2000 was the twenty-first season of the Football Conference, also known as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.
Changes since the previous season
- Altrincham (promoted 1998–99)
- Nuneaton Borough (promoted 1998–99)
- Scarborough (relegated from the Football League 1998–99)
- Sutton United (promoted 1998–99)
Locations
Final league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidderminster Harriers (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 40 | +35 | 85 | Promotion to the Football League Third Division |
| 2 | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 76 | |
| 3 | Morecambe | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 70 | |
| 4 | Scarborough | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 69 | |
| 5 | Kingstonian | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 67 | |
| 6 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 66 | |
| 7 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 64 | |
| 8 | Hereford United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 59 | |
| 9 | Southport | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 58 | |
| 10 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 57 | |
| 11 | Hayes | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 56 | |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 54 | |
| 13 | Kettering Town | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 52 | |
| 14 | Woking | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 52 | |
| 15 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 51 | |
| 16 | Telford United | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 51 | |
| 17 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 51 | |
| 18 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 53 | 78 | −25 | 51 | |
| 19 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 47 | |
| 20 | Welling United (R) | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 66 | −12 | 47 | Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division |
| 21 | Altrincham (R) | 42 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 46 | Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division |
| 22 | Sutton United (R) | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 75 | −36 | 34 | Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division |
Results
| Home \ Away | ALT | DON | DOV | FGR | HAY | HED | HER | KET | KID | KIN | MOR | NOR | NUN | R&D | SCA | SOU | STB | SUT | TEL | WEL | WOK | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | |
| Dover Athletic | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Forest Green Rovers | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Hayes | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Hednesford Town | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Hereford United | 2–2 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | |
| Kettering Town | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | |
| Kingstonian | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Morecambe | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| Nuneaton Borough | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Rushden & Diamonds | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Scarborough | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | |
| Southport | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Stevenage Borough | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Sutton United | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Telford United | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Welling United | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | |
| Woking | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers in order of league goals
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Jackson | Morecambe | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| 2 | Carl Alford | Stevenage Borough | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| 3 | Neil Davis | Hednesford | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Lee Furlong | Southport | 17 | ||||
| 5 | Joff Vansittart | Dover Athletic | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Ian Arnold | Southport | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Kevin Ellison | Altrincham | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Steve Brodie | Scarborough | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| = | Lee Charles | Hayes | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Robin Elmes | Hereford United | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| = | Paul Fewings | Hereford United | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| = | Warren Patmore | Yeovil Town | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | Nassim Akrour | Woking | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| = | Stewart Hadley | Kidderminster Harriers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| = | Ritchie Hanlon | Welling United | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| = | Richard Landon | Altrincham | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| = | David Leworthy | Kingstonian | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| = | Marc McGregor | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| = | Val Owen | Northwich Victoria | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 | Darren Collins | Rushden & Diamonds | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| = | Phil Eastwood | Morecambe | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| = | Lee Elam | Southport | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| = | Mike McElhatton | Rushden & Diamonds | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| = | Zeke Rowe | Welling United | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| = | Dave Stevens | Hayes | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| = | Mark Watson | Sutton | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
- Footballtransfers.co.uk, thefootballarchives.com and Soccerbase contain information on many players
on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia. - Source:[1]
References
- Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 2000–2001. Headline, 2000.