# 1999–2000 Football Conference

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)

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +35 | 85 | Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Division Three |
| 2 | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +29 | 76 | |
| 3 | Morecambe | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +22 | 70 | |
| 4 | Scarborough | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | +25 | 69 | Relegated from The Football League |
| 5 | Kingstonian | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 20 | +14 | 67 | FA Trophy winners |
| 6 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | +9 | 66 | |
| 7 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 35 | −3 | 64 | |
| 8 | Hereford United | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 21 | +9 | 59 | |
| 9 | Southport | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 35 | −1 | 58 | |
| 10 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 34 | +6 | 57 | |
| 11 | Hayes | 42 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 30 | −1 | 56 | |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 27 | −2 | 54 | Conference League Cup winners |
| 13 | Kettering Town | 42 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 31 | −6 | 52 | |
| 14 | Woking | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 26 | −8 | 52 | |
| 15 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 28 | −4 | 51 | |
| 16 | Telford United | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 45 | −10 | 51 | |
| 17 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 45 | −23 | 51 | |
| 18 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 53 | −25 | 51 | |
| 19 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 40 | −9 | 47 | |
| 20 | Welling United | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −12 | 47 | Relegated to the Southern League Premier Division |
| 21 | Altrincham | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 34 | −9 | 46 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division |
| 22 | Sutton United | 42 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 43 | −36 | 34 | Relegated to the Isthmian League Premier Division |
* 1 2 3 New club in the Conference, see also Cheltenham Town

## 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 | |

## 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.
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