# 1990–91 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1990–91 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth season of the Football Conference.

## Overview

Barnet finished the season as Conference champions and were promoted to the Football League Fourth Division, finishing narrowly ahead of Colchester United, who had been relegated to the Conference a year earlier.
There was no relegation from the Fourth Division to the Conference this year, due to expansion of the Football League.

## New teams in the league this season

* Bath City (promoted 1989–90)
* Colchester United (relegated from the Football League 1989–90)
* Gateshead (promoted 1989–90)
* Slough Town (promoted 1989–90)

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Barnet | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 29 | +51 | 87 | Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Fourth Division |
| 2 | Colchester United | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 22 | +33 | 85 | |
| 3 | Altrincham | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 24 | +41 | 82 | |
| 4 | Kettering Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +22 | 80 | |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 29 | +29 | 74 | FA Trophy winners |
| 6 | Telford United | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +10 | 67 | |
| 7 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | +11 | 63 | |
| 8 | Runcorn | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 38 | +2 | 58 | |
| 9 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 37 | +1 | 57 | |
| 10 | Barrow | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 41 | −6 | 57 | |
| 11 | Welling United | 42 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −2 | 54 | |
| 12 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 45 | −10 | 52 | |
| 13 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 37 | −11 | 52 | |
| 14 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 50 | |
| 15 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 25 | −3 | 50 | |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 47 | −18 | 48 | |
| 17 | Gateshead | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 54 | −40 | 48 | |
| 18 | Boston United | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 38 | −14 | 47 | |
| 19 | Slough Town | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 51 | −29 | 45 | |
| 20 | Bath City | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 34 | −6 | 42 | |
| 21 | Sutton United | 42 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 49 | −20 | 39 | Relegated to the Isthmian League |
| 22 | Fisher Athletic | 42 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 49 | −41 | 30 | Relegated to the Southern League |
* ↑ Relegated from The Football League
* 1 2 3 New club in the Conference
* ↑ Conference League Cup winners

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | BAR | BRW | BAT | BOS | CHL | COL | FIS | GAT | KET | KID | MAC | MER | NOR | RUN | SLO | STA | SUT | TEL | WEL | WYC | YEO |
| Altrincham | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 9–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Barnet | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Barrow | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Bath City | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Boston United | 2–6 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Cheltenham Town | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Colchester United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Fisher Athletic | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Gateshead | 0–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–9 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Kettering Town | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Macclesfield Town | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Runcorn | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Slough Town | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| Stafford Rangers | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Sutton United | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Telford United | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Welling United | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | | 2–0 |
| Yeovil Town | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |

## Top scorers in order of league goals

| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | Gary Bull | Barnet | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2 | Mark West | Wycombe Wanderers | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 33 |
| 3 | Ken McKenna | Altrincham | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 30 |
| 4 | Mark Carter | Barnet | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| = | Paul Randall | Bath City | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Colin Cowperthwaite | Barrow | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| = | Terry Robbins | Welling United | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Mario Walsh | Colchester United | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Paul Cavell | Boston United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| = | Nicky Evans | Barnet | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Charlie Butler | Gateshead | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| = | Peter Howell | Kidderminster Harriers | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | John Askey | Macclesfield Town | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| = | John Brady | Altrincham | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| = | Kim Casey | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 |

## Promotion and relegation
### Promoted

* Barnet (to the Football League Fourth Division)
* Farnborough Town (from the Southern Premier League)
* Redbridge Forest (from the Isthmian League)
* Witton Albion (from the Northern Premier League)

### Relegated

* Fisher Athletic (to the Southern Premier League)
* Sutton United (to the Isthmian League)