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.

Football Conference

Season	2000–01
Champions	Rushden & Diamonds (1st Football Conference title)
Direct promotion	Rushden & Diamonds
Conference League Cup winners	Chester City
FA Trophy winners	Canvey Island (Isthmian League) (1st FA Trophy title)
Relegated to Level 6	Hednesford, Kettering Town, Kingstonian
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,256 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Duane Darby (Rushden & Diamonds), 24
Biggest home win	Hednesford – Northwich Victoria 7–1 (2 September 2000)
Biggest away win	Kingstonian – Morecambe 1–6 (10 March 2000)
Highest scoring	Leigh RMI – Nuneaton 6–2 (3 March 2001); Boston – Hereford 5–3 (5 May 2001); Stevenage – Telford United 5–3 (30 September 2000); Forest Green Rovers – Dagenham & Redbridge 4–4 (16 September 2000); Morecambe – Scarborough 4–4 (16 December 2000); Woking– Dagenham & Redbridge 4–4 (14 April 2001)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	Yeovil Town v Rushden & Diamonds, 8,868 (21 April 2001)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,553 (– 4% compared to the previous season)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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)

Locations

Boston United

Chester

Dagenham & R

Doncaster

Dover

Forest Green Rovers

Hednesford

Hayes

Hereford United

Kettering Town

Kingstonian

Leigh RMI

Morecambe

Northwich Victoria

Nuneaton

Rushden & Diamonds

Scarborough

Southport

Stevenage

Telford

Woking

Yeovil Town

Locations of the Football Conference 2000–2001 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Hayes

Kingstonian

Locations of the Football Conference London teams 2000–2001

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[a]	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[a]	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[a]	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 Premier Division
21	Kingstonian (R)	42	3	5	13	19	40	5	5	11	28	33	−26	34	Relegated to the Isthmian League Premier Division
22	Hednesford Town (R)	42	2	6	13	24	38	3	7	11	22	48	−40	28	Relegated to the Southern League Premier Division

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

• Footballtransfers.co.uk, thefootballarchives.com and Soccerbase contain information on many players
  on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.
• Source:^[1]