# 2000–01 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 2000–01 was the twenty-second season of the Football Conference, also known as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons.

## Changes since the previous season

* Boston United (promoted 1999–2000)
* Chester City (relegated from the Football League 1999–2000)
* Dagenham & Redbridge (promoted 1999–2000)
* Leigh RMI (promoted 1999–2000)

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Rushden & Diamonds (C, P) | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 23 | +42 | 86 | Promoted to the 2001–02 League Division Three |
| 2 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 33 | +23 | 80 | |
| 3 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 35 | +17 | 77 | |
| 4 | Southport | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | +12 | 69 | |
| 5 | Leigh RMI | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 33 | +6 | 68 | |
| 6 | Telford United | 42 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 65 | |
| 7 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 28 | +10 | 63 | |
| 8 | Chester City | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | +6 | 62 | |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 26 | +4 | 58 | |
| 10 | Scarborough | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 29 | +2 | 58 | |
| 11 | Hereford United | 42 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 27 | +14 | 57 | |
| 12 | Boston United | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 35 | +11 | 56 | |
| 13 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 54 | |
| 14 | Woking | 42 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 54 | |
| 15 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 34 | −2 | 53 | |
| 16 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 48 | |
| 17 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 43 | −18 | 46 | |
| 18 | Hayes | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 40 | −27 | 46 | |
| 19 | Morecambe | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 37 | −2 | 45 | |
| 20 | Kettering Town (R) | 42 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | −16 | 43 | Relegated to the Southern League |
| 21 | Kingstonian (R) | 42 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −26 | 34 | Relegated to the Isthmian League |
| 22 | Hednesford Town (R) | 42 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 48 | −40 | 28 | Relegated to the Southern League |
* 1 2 3 New club in the Conference

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOS | CHE | D&R | DON | DOV | FGR | HAY | HED | HER | KET | KIN | LEI | MOR | NOR | NUN | R&D | SCA | SOU | STB | TEL | WOK | YEO |
| Boston United | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Chester City | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Dover Athletic | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Forest Green Rovers | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Hayes | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Hednesford Town | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Hereford United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Kettering Town | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Kingstonian | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 |
| Leigh RMI | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Morecambe | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Northwich Victoria | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Nuneaton Borough | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Rushden & Diamonds | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Scarborough | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Southport | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Stevenage Borough | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 5–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Telford United | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Woking | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–3 |
| Yeovil Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers in order of league goals

| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | Duane Darby | Rushden & Diamonds | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 2 | Steve Jones | Leigh RMI | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 3 | Warren Patmore | Yeovil Town | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| = | Justin Jackson | Rushden & Diamonds | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Darran Hay | Stevenage Borough | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Rob Elmes | Hereford United | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Alex Meechan | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| = | Ken Charlery | Boston United | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| = | Marc McGregor | Nuneaton Borough | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| = | Ian Arnold | Southport | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| = | Dave Ridings | Leigh RMI | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| = | Simon Parke | Southport | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| = | Charlie Griffin | Woking | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Mark Beesley | Chester City | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| = | Tony Black | Leigh RMI | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| = | Darren Collins | Kettering Town | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| = | Gary Paterson | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| = | Joff Vansittart | Dover Athletic | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | Neil Illman | Stevenage Borough | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| = | Rocky Baptiste | Hayes | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| = | Dale Watkins | Kettering Town | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| = | Jon Brady | Rushden & Diamonds | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
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