# 1995–96 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1995–96 was the seventeenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.

## Overview

Stevenage Borough, won the Conference championship during their second season in this league. However, they did not earn a promotion to the Football League because they did not meet Football League requirements. As of 2024, this is the last season when this happened.

## New teams in the league this season

* Hednesford Town (promoted 1994–95)
* Morecambe (promoted 1994–95)
* Slough Town (promoted 1994–95)

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 24 | +57 | 91 | Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League |
| 2 | Woking | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 41 | +29 | 83 | |
| 3 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 25 | +25 | 76 | |
| 4 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 33 | +17 | 75 | FA Trophy winners |
| 5 | Gateshead | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +12 | 67 | |
| 6 | Southport | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 39 | +13 | 66 | |
| 7 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 40 | +12 | 64 | |
| 8 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 29 | +8 | 60 | |
| 9 | Morecambe | 42 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 39 | +6 | 59 | |
| 10 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 35 | +5 | 59 | |
| 11 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 37 | +2 | 59 | Conference League Cup winners |
| 12 | Altrincham | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 35 | −5 | 58 | |
| 13 | Telford United | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 33 | −5 | 55 | |
| 14 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 31 | −9 | 55 | |
| 15 | Halifax Town | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 38 | −14 | 52 | |
| 16 | Kettering Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 52 | −16 | 48 | |
| 17 | Slough Town | 42 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 32 | −13 | 47 | |
| 18 | Bath City | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 35 | −21 | 46 | |
| 19 | Welling United | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −11 | 45 | |
| 20 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 36 | −23 | 40 | |
| 21 | Runcorn | 42 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 44 | −39 | 35 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League |
| 22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 39 | −30 | 33 | Relegated to the Isthmian League |
* 1 2 3 New club in the Conference

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | BAT | BRO | D&R | DOV | FAR | GAT | HAL | HED | KET | KID | MAC | MOR | NOR | RUN | SLO | SOU | STL | STB | TEL | WEL | WOK |
| Altrincham | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Bath City | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Bromsgrove Rovers | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Dover Athletic | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Farnborough Town | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Gateshead | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Halifax Town | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Hednesford Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Kettering Town | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Macclesfield Town | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Morecambe | 7–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–5 |
| Northwich Victoria | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Runcorn | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–8 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Slough Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Southport | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 5–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Stevenage Borough | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Telford United | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Welling United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 1–2 |
| Woking | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | |

## Promotion and relegation
### Promoted

* Hayes (from the Isthmian League)
* Rushden & Diamonds (from the Southern Premier League)

### Relegated

* Dagenham & Redbridge (to the Isthmian League)
* Runcorn (to the Northern Premier League)

## Top scorers in order of league goals

| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | Barry Hayles | Stevenage Borough | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
| 2 | Joe O'Connor | Hednesford | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 3 | Carl Alford | Kettering Town | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Mark West | Slough Town | 21 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| = | Chris Boothe | Farnborough Town | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | David Leworthy | Dover Athletic | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Steve Harkus | Gateshead | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Clive Walker | Woking | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Carwyn Williams | Northwich Victoria | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Andy Whittaker | Southport | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| 11 | Corey Browne | Stevenage Borough | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Mike Bignall | Runcorn | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| = | Brian Butler | Northwich Victoria | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| = | Kim Casey | Kidderminster Harriers | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| = | Paul Davies | Kidderminster Harriers | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| = | Darran Hay | Woking | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Junior Hunter | Woking | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |