# 1991–92 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1991–92 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season of the Football Conference.

## Overview

Colchester United, relegated from the Fourth Division two years earlier, regained their Football 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 of Aldershot late in the 1991–92 season and then Maidstone United (1897) at the start of the 1992–93 season.

## New teams in the league this season

* Farnborough Town (promoted 1990–91)
* Redbridge Forest (promoted 1990–91)
* Witton Albion (promoted 1990–91)

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Colchester United | 42 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 29 | +58 | 94 | Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Third Division |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 22 | +49 | 94 | Conference League Cup winners |
| 3 | Kettering Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | +22 | 73 | |
| 4 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 32 | +3 | 68 | |
| 5 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +15 | 66 | |
| 6 | Telford United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 35 | −4 | 64 | |
| 7 | Redbridge Forest | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 29 | +13 | 63 | |
| 8 | Boston United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | +5 | 63 | |
| 9 | Bath City | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | +3 | 60 | |
| 10 | Witton Albion | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 34 | +3 | 58 | |
| 11 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 33 | +5 | 54 | |
| 12 | Welling United | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 41 | −10 | 54 | |
| 13 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 0 | 52 | |
| 14 | Gateshead | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 48 | |
| 15 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −9 | 47 | |
| 16 | Runcorn | 42 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 46 | |
| 17 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 35 | −18 | 46 | |
| 18 | Altrincham | 42 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 43 | −21 | 45 | |
| 19 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 45 | −21 | 45 | |
| 20 | Slough Town | 42 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 43 | −26 | 45 | |
| 21 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 47 | −26 | 43 | Relegated to the Southern League |
| 22 | Barrow | 42 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 49 | −20 | 38 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League |
* ↑ FA Trophy winners
* 1 2 3 New club in the Conference
* ↑ After this season Redbridge Forest F.C. merged with Dagenham F.C. to form Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.

## Results

| 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 | |

## Top scorers in order of league goals

| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
| 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 |

## Promotion and relegation
### Promoted

* Colchester United (to the Football League Third Division)
* Bromsgrove Rovers (from the Southern Premier League)
* Stalybridge Celtic (from the Northern Premier League)
* Woking (from the Isthmian League)

### Relegated

* Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
* Cheltenham Town (to the Southern Premier League)