2005–06 Football Conference

The 2005–06 season was the 27th season of the Football Conference.

Overview

This season saw the return of Accrington Stanley (albeit as a reformed club) and Hereford United to the Football League. Accrington replaced Oxford United, who had replaced them when they resigned from the League in 1962.

Northwich Victoria, Stafford Rangers and Weymouth returned to the Conference National, the latter for the first time since 1989, whilst St Albans City won promotion to the fifth tier for the first time.

As with the previous season, Grays Athletic were the winners of the FA Trophy.

Conference National

Conference National

Season	2005–06[1][2]
Champions	Accrington Stanley (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted	Accrington Stanley, Hereford United
Relegated to Conference North	Scarborough
Relegated to Isthmian League Division One North	Canvey Island
Promoted for the next season	St Albans City, Northwich Victoria, Stafford Rangers, Weymouth
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,201 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Bishop (York City), 23
Biggest home win	Grays Athletic – Gravesend & Northfleet 6–1 (16 August 2005); Exeter City – Southport 5–0 (4 March 2006); Forest Green Rovers – Altrincham 5–0 (21 January 2006); Grays Athletic – Scarborough 5–0 (15 October 2005); Grays Athletic – Tamworth 5–0 (4 March 2006); Woking – Tamworth 5–0 (11 February 2006); York City – Altrincham 5–0 (17 September 2005)
Biggest away win	Scarborough – Grays Athletic 2–7 (10 April 2006); Altrincham – Dagenham & Redbridge 0–5 (10 September 2005); Kidderminster – Grays Athletic 0–5 (28 March 2006)
Highest scoring	Scarborough – Grays Athletic 2–7 (10 April 2006)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	Exeter City v Grays Athletic, 6,628 (19 November 2004)
Lowest attendance	Woking v Canvey Island, 358 (4 April 2006)
Average attendance	1,802 (– 6% compared with the previous season)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and one promoted from the Conference South.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2004–05 Conference North

• Southport
• Altrincham

Teams promoted from 2004–05 Conference South

• Grays Athletic

Teams relegated from 2004–05 Football League Two

• Kidderminster Harriers
• Cambridge United

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Accrington Stanley	42	16	3	2	38	17	12	4	5	38	28	+31	91	Football Conference Champions, promoted to League Two
2	Hereford United	42	11	7	3	30	14	11	7	3	29	19	+26	80	Promoted to League Two through play-offs
3	Grays Athletic[a]	42	7	9	5	46	32	14	4	3	48	23	+39	76	Participated in play-offs
4	Halifax Town	42	14	6	1	31	11	7	6	8	24	29	+15	75
5	Morecambe	42	15	4	2	44	17	7	4	10	24	24	+27	74
6	Stevenage Borough	42	15	3	3	38	15	4	9	8	24	32	+15	69
7	Exeter City	42	11	3	7	41	22	7	6	8	24	26	+17	63
8	York City	42	10	5	6	36	26	7	7	7	27	22	+15	63
9	Burton Albion	42	8	7	6	23	21	8	5	8	27	31	−2	60
10	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	8	4	9	31	32	8	6	7	32	27	+4	58
11	Woking	42	8	7	6	30	20	6	7	8	28	27	+11	56
12	Cambridge United	42	11	6	4	35	25	4	4	13	16	32	−6	55
13	Aldershot Town	42	10	4	7	30	30	6	2	13	31	44	−13	54
14	Canvey Island	42	6	8	7	23	27	7	4	10	24	31	−11	51	Voluntarily relegated to Isthmian League Division One North
15	Kidderminster Harriers	42	8	5	8	21	27	5	6	10	18	28	−16	50
16	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	8	4	9	25	25	5	6	10	20	32	−12	49
17	Crawley Town	42	9	4	8	27	22	3	7	11	21	33	−7	47
18	Southport	42	7	3	11	24	38	3	7	11	12	30	−32	40
19	Forest Green Rovers	42	7	7	7	31	27	1	7	13	18	35	−13	38
20	Tamworth	42	4	10	7	17	23	4	4	13	15	40	−31	38
21	Scarborough	42	4	7	10	24	30	5	3	13	16	36	−26	37	Relegated to Conference North[b]
22	Altrincham	42	7	5	9	25	30	3	6	12	15	41	−31	23[c]	Reprieved from relegation[d]

Source: ^[1][3]
Notes:

1. Grays Athletic were the FA Trophy winners.
2. Scarborough had come out of administration and would have been reprieved due to the voluntary demotion of Canvey Island and Altrincham being below them in the table, but they did not fulfil the Conferences financial guidelines and were thus relegated.
3. Altrincham were docked 18 points for fielding an ineligible player.
4. Altrincham were reprieved from relegation due to the enlargement of the Conference to 24 teams and the voluntary demotion of Canvey Island (whose main financial backer, Jeff King, had moved to Chelmsford City). It was the first of three successive seasons in which the club finished in the relegation zone, but were spared demotion due to financial issues at other clubs.

Locations

Accrington Stanley

Aldershot Town

Altrincham

Burton Albion

Cambridge United

Canvey Island

Crawley Town

Dagenham & Redbridge

Exeter City-->

Forest Green Rovers

Gravesend & Northfleet

Grays Athletic

Halifax Town

Hereford United

Kidderminster Harriers

Morecambe

Scarborough

Southport

Stevenage Borough

Tamworth

Woking

York City

Locations of the Conference National 2005–06 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Gravesend & Northfleet

Grays Athletic

Locations of the Football Conference National London teams 2005–2006

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	ALD	ALT	BRT	CAM	CAN	CRA	D&R	EXE	FGR	GRN	GRY	HAL	HER	KID	MOR	SCA	SOU	STB	TAM	WOK	YOR
Accrington Stanley		3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
Aldershot	1–4		0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1
Altrincham	0–1	5–1		1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–3
Burton Albion	0–2	1–2	1–0		2–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
Cambridge United	1–0	0–2	4–0	2–2		3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–0
Canvey Island	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1
Crawley Town	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	0–1
Dagenham & Redbridge	1–2	2–0	2–4	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–3		2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	0–2
Exeter City	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	0–2	4–0	3–1		0–0	1–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–3
Forest Green Rovers	1–1	4–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	0–0		0–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–3	1–2
Gravesend & Northfleet	1–3	0–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–0		1–3	4–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2
Grays Athletic	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	5–3	1–2	1–0	0–4	3–0	2–2	6–1		1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	5–0	2–2	1–1
Halifax Town	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1		2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0
Hereford United	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0		0–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
Kidderminster Harriers	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–5	0–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Morecambe	3–2	5–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–0		0–3	0–0	4–1	0–0	3–1	2–0
Scarborough	2–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–7	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1		0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2
Southport	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–4	0–2	1–2	1–4	0–3	0–2		3–2	1–1	1–0	1–4
Stevenage Borough	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–3	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–1		3–1	1–1	1–1
Tamworth	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–0		0–1	0–3
Woking	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–2	5–0		2–0
York City	2–4	3–2	5–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	5–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1

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

Play-offs

Main article: 2006 Conference National play-off Final

	Semifinals 1st leg 6/7 May; 2nd leg 10/11 May							Final at Walkers Stadium, Leicester 20 May 2006
	2nd	Hereford United	1	3	4
	5th	Morecambe	1	2	3
								2nd	Hereford United (a.e.t.)	3
								4th	Halifax Town	2
	3rd	Grays Athletic	2	2	4
	4th	Halifax Town	3	2	5

Semi-finals

Morecambe	1–1	Hereford United
Bentley 22' McLachlan  53'	Report	Purdie 54' (pen.) Jeannin  67'

7 May 2006

17:35 BST

First leg

Christie Park, Morecambe

Attendance: 5,208

Referee: Richard Hewitt

Hereford United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Morecambe
Mkandawire 6' Williams 13' Ipoua 107',  113' Fleetwood  119' Brown  120+1'	Report	Curtis 8' (pen.) Twiss  45+2', 53' Brannan  90+3' Howard  118'

11 May 2006

19:45 BST

Second leg

Edgar Street, Hereford

Attendance: 6,278

Referee: Graham Scott

Hereford United won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Halifax Town	3–2	Grays Athletic
Bushell 17' Sugden 30' Killeen 32'	Report	Oli 65', 77'

6 May 2006

15:00 BST

First leg

The Shay, Halifax

Attendance: 3,848

Referee: Rob Shoebridge

Grays Athletic	2–2	Halifax Town
Thurgood  44' Kightly 56' Nutter 57' Bayes  90+5'	Report	Foster 6', 63' (pen.),  65' Quinn  66' Atherton  90+5'

10 May 2006

19:45 BST

Second leg

New Recreation Ground, Grays

Attendance: 2,886

Referee: Robert Lewis

Halifax Town won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Halifax Town	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Hereford United
Killeen 27' Grant 73' Senior  110'	Report	Williams 34' Mkandawire  76' Ipoua 80',  110' Jeannin  88' Green 108',  109'

20 May 2006

17:30 BST

Walkers Stadium, Leicester

Attendance: 15,499

Referee: Dean Whitestone

Top scorers in order of league goals

Pos	Player	Club	League	Play-offs	FA Cup	FA Trophy	LDV	Total
1	Andy Bishop	York City	23	0	2	1	0	26
2	Justin Richards	Woking	21	0	0	0	1	22
3	Danny Carlton	Morecambe	17	0	1	0	0	18
=	Colin Little	Altrincham	17	0	0	0	0	17
5	Clayton Donaldson	York City	16	0	1	0	0	17
6	Chris Moore	Dagenham & Redbridge	15	0	2	3	0	20
7	Michael Kightly	Grays Athletic	14	1	1	2	0	17
=	Paul Mullin	Accrington Stanley	14	0	0	3	0	17
9	Glenn Poole	Grays Athletic	13	0	1	4	0	18
=	Lee Phillips	Exeter City	13	0	0	3	1	17
=	Ian Craney	Accrington Stanley	13	0	0	3	0	16
=	Gary Roberts	Accrington Stanley	13	0	2	0	0	15
=	Daryl Clare	Burton Albion	13	0	0	0	0	13

Source:^[1]

Conference North

Conference North

Season	2005–06[1][2]
Champions	Northwich Victoria (1st Football Conference North title)
Direct promotion	Northwich Victoria
Promoted through play-offs	Stafford Rangers
Relegated to Level 7	Hednesford
Promoted for the next season	Blyth Spartans, Farsley Celtic
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,326 (2.87 per match)
Biggest home win	Northwich Victoria – Hednesford 8–0 (25 February 2006)
Biggest away win	Hednesford – Harrogate 0–4 (19 November 1005); Hednesford – Worcester City 0–4 (25 March 2006); Moor Green – Nuneaton 0–4 (15 October 2005); Worksop Town – Nuneaton 0–4 (18 February 2006)
Highest scoring	Redditch – Workington 3–6 (22 October 2005)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides from last season, one promoted from Southern Football League, two promoted from the Northern Premier League and two relegated from the Conference National.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2004–05 Northern Premier League

• Hyde United
• Workington

Teams promoted from 2004–05 Southern Football League

• Hednesford Town

Teams relegated from 2004–05 Conference National

• Northwich Victoria
• Leigh RMI

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Northwich Victoria	42	16	3	2	53	16	13	2	6	44	33	+48	92	Conference North Champions, promoted to Conference National
2	Stafford Rangers	42	12	5	4	36	17	13	5	3	32	17	+34	85	Promoted to Conference National through play-offs
3	Nuneaton Borough	42	13	7	1	43	21	9	4	8	25	22	+25	77	Participated in play-offs
4	Droylsden	42	15	3	3	52	24	5	9	7	28	32	+24	72
5	Harrogate Town	42	14	4	3	35	16	8	1	12	31	40	+10	71
6	Kettering Town	42	14	2	5	38	18	5	8	8	25	31	+14	67
7	Stalybridge Celtic	42	15	3	3	51	23	4	6	11	23	31	+20	66
8	Worcester City	42	7	8	6	27	20	9	6	6	31	26	+12	62
9	Moor Green	42	5	10	7	28	33	10	6	4	39	31	+3	61
10	Hinckley United	42	7	7	7	31	28	7	9	5	29	27	+5	58
11	Hyde United[a]	42	7	6	8	39	37	8	5	8	29	24	+7	56
12	Hucknall Town	42	9	6	6	33	25	5	7	9	23	29	+2	55
13	Workington[a]	42	7	6	8	29	29	7	7	7	31	33	−2	55
14	Barrow	42	9	6	6	39	33	3	5	13	23	34	−5	47
15	Lancaster City	42	7	8	6	29	26	5	3	13	23	40	−14	47
16	Gainsborough Trinity	42	6	8	7	26	30	5	5	11	19	35	−20	46
17	Alfreton Town	42	9	6	6	29	27	1	9	11	17	31	−12	45
18	Vauxhall Motors	42	6	3	12	28	37	6	4	11	22	34	−21	43
19	Worksop Town	42	7	8	6	27	31	3	3	15	19	40	−25	41
20	Redditch United	42	6	5	10	29	34	3	7	11	23	44	−26	39
21	Leigh RMI	42	7	6	8	20	25	2	7	12	25	54	−34	39[b]	Reprieved from relegation[c]
22	Hednesford Town[a]	42	3	7	11	16	37	4	7	10	26	50	−45	35	Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. New club in Conference North
2. Leigh RMI had 1 point deducted.
3. Leigh RMI were reprieved from relegation due to Canvey Island's voluntary three-level demotion.

Locations

Alfreton Town

Barrow

Droylsden

Gainsborough Trinity

Harrogate

Hednesford

Hinckley United

Hucknall Town

Hyde United

Kettering Town

Lancaster City

Leigh RMI

Moor Green

Northwich Victoria

Nuneaton

Redditch

Stafford

Stalybridge

Vauxhall Motors

Worcester City

Workington

Worksop Town

Locations of the Football Conference North 2005–2006 teams

Results

Home \ Away	ALF	BRW	DRO	GAI	HAR	HED	HIN	HUC	HYD	KET	LNC	LEI	MOG	NOR	NUN	RED	STA	STL	VAU	WRC	WRK	WKS
Alfreton Town		2–1	1–3	1–2	4–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–1
Barrow	2–2		2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–5	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–4	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	6–1	1–0
Droylsden	1–0	2–2		1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	6–1	4–1	3–0	4–3	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–3	3–1
Gainsborough Trinity	2–2	3–2	2–2		0–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–3	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0
Harrogate Town	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		2–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0
Hednesford Town	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–4		3–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	2–1
Hinckley United	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–2		3–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	5–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	3–0
Hucknall Town	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–2	0–2		1–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–1	4–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0
Hyde United	2–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	0–0		3–0	2–4	3–3	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–3	4–0	1–1	1–1
Kettering Town	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	0–0	3–2		2–0	4–0	0–3	2–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Lancaster City	2–2	3–0	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–1		2–0	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Leigh RMI	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2		1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–4	0–1	0–1
Moor Green	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–1	3–1	4–1		1–2	0–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–0
Northwich Victoria	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	8–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–2	1–0	1–1		2–2	5–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	4–1	4–1
Nuneaton Borough	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–2		2–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	3–1
Redditch United	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–0		0–1	1–4	3–0	2–2	3–6	0–3
Stafford Rangers	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–0		1–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	4–2
Stalybridge Celtic	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	6–1	4–1	3–3	2–0	5–1	2–3		2–1	2–3	2–1	2–1
Vauxhall Motors	3–1	0–1	2–4	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–4	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	4–2		1–0	2–1	5–2
Worcester City	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	6–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0		1–1	1–1
Workington	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–4	5–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–2		1–2
Worksop Town	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006–2007. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2006.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	2nd	Stafford Rangers	1
	5th	Harrogate Town	0
								2nd	Stafford Rangers (pen.)	1 (5)
								4th	Droylsden	1 (3)
	3rd	Nuneaton Borough	0
	4th	Droylsden	1

Semifinals

Nuneaton Borough	0–1	Droylsden
	Report	Acton 2'

1 May 2006

Manor Park, Nuneaton

Attendance: 2,005

Stafford Rangers	1–0	Harrogate Town
Gibson 63'	Report

2 May 2006

Marston Road, Stafford

Attendance: 1,665

Play-Off Final

Stafford Rangers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Droylsden
Grayson 29'	Report	Fearns 48'
Penalties
Grayson	5–3	Fearns

6 May 2006

15:00 BST

Pirelli Stadium, Burton

Attendance: 2,704

Topscorers

Pos	Player	Club	League	Play-offs	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Total
1	Jonny Allan	Northwich Victoria	24	0	1	6	31

Source:^[1]

Conference South

Conference South

Season	2005–06[1][2]
Champions	Weymouth (1st Football Conference South title)
Direct promotion	Weymouth
Promoted through play-offs	St Albans City
Relegated to Level 7	Carshalton Athletic, Maidenhead United
Promoted for the next season	Bedford Town, Braintree Town, Fisher Athletic, Salisbury City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,319 (2.85 per match)
Biggest home win	Bognor Regis – Maidenhead 8–1 (8 November 2005)
Biggest away win	Basingstoke – Cambridge City 0–5 (25 February 2006); Dorchester – Sutton 0–5 (29 August 2005); Histon – St Albans City 0–5 (11 January 2006); Maidenhead – Cambridge City 0–5 (20 August 2005); Weston-super-Mare – Thurrock 0–5 (1 October 2005)
Highest scoring	Histon – Farnborough 3–6 (15 October 2005)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, two promoted from the Isthmian League, one promoted from the Southern Football League and one relegated from Conference National.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2004–05 Southern Football League

• Histon

Teams promoted from 2004–05 Isthmian League

• Yeading
• Eastleigh

Teams relegated from 2004–05 Conference National

• Farnborough Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Weymouth	42	17	3	1	47	13	13	1	7	33	21	+46	90[a]	Conference South Champions, promoted to Conference National
2	St Albans City	42	17	1	3	54	19	10	4	7	40	28	+47	86	Promoted to Conference National through play-offs
3	Farnborough Town	42	12	4	5	33	17	11	5	5	32	24	+24	78	Participated in play-offs
4	Lewes	42	12	4	5	38	27	9	6	6	40	30	+21	73	[b]
5	Histon[c]	42	12	4	5	41	30	9	4	8	29	26	+14	71	Participated in play-offs
6	Havant & Waterlooville	42	12	5	4	29	17	9	5	7	35	31	+16	70[d]
7	Cambridge City	42	10	4	7	35	23	10	6	5	43	23	+32	67[e]
8	Eastleigh[c]	42	12	1	8	33	28	9	2	10	32	30	+7	66
9	Welling United	42	11	8	2	32	20	5	9	7	27	24	+15	65
10	Thurrock	42	9	2	10	33	31	7	8	6	27	29	0	58
11	Dorchester Town	42	7	5	9	32	41	9	2	10	28	32	−13	55
12	Bognor Regis Town	42	7	8	6	31	23	5	5	11	23	32	−1	49
13	Sutton United	42	9	7	5	28	25	4	3	14	20	36	−13	49
14	Weston-super-Mare	42	5	4	12	25	46	9	3	9	31	42	−32	49
15	Bishop's Stortford	42	8	5	8	35	33	3	10	8	20	30	−8	48
16	Yeading[c]	42	3	5	13	18	38	10	3	8	29	24	−15	47
17	Eastbourne Borough	42	4	12	5	24	24	6	4	11	27	36	−9	46
18	Newport County	42	7	3	11	28	34	5	5	11	22	33	−17	44
19	Basingstoke Town	42	6	5	10	21	37	6	3	12	26	35	−25	44
20	Hayes	42	8	1	12	26	28	3	8	10	21	32	−13	42
21	Carshalton Athletic	42	4	10	7	21	27	4	6	11	21	41	−26	40	Relegated to the Isthmian League Premier Division
22	Maidenhead United	42	3	5	13	25	49	5	4	12	24	50	−50	31[f]	Relegated to the Southern League Premier Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Weymouth had 4 points deducted.
2. Lewes could not participate in the play-offs due to ground issues.
3. New club in Conference South
4. Havant & Waterlooville had 3 points deducted.
5. Cambridge City had 3 points deducted.
6. Maidenhead United had 2 points deducted.

Locations

Basingstoke

Bishop's Stortford

Bognor Regis

Cambridge City

Carshalton

Dorchester

Eastbourne

Eastleigh

Farnborough

Havant & Waterlooville

Hayes

Histon

Lewes

Maidenhead

Newport County

St Albans City

Sutton

Thurrock

Welling

Weston-super-Mare

Weymouth

Yeading

Locations of the Football Conference South 2005–2006 teams

Carshalton

Hayes

Sutton

Thurrock

Welling

Yeading

Locations of the Football Conference South London teams 2005–2006

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BST	BOG	CAM	CAR	DOR	EAB	EAS	FAR	H&W	HAY	HIS	LEW	MDH	NPC	SAC	SUT	THU	WEL	WSM	WEY	YEA
Basingstoke Town		1–1	2–3	0–5	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–5	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	0–3	0–4
Bishop's Stortford	1–1		2–1	1–3	3–3	5–2	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	5–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–1
Bognor Regis Town	2–1	2–2		4–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	8–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2
Cambridge City	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–3	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	3–0	0–2	4–3	3–0	6–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–2
Carshalton Athletic	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2		3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Dorchester Town	2–1	1–3	3–5	1–0	2–0		3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–4	0–5	2–0	0–3	1–2	2–0	4–0
Eastbourne Borough	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–1
Eastleigh	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1		2–0	2–6	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–3	4–1	2–0	0–3
Farnborough Town	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–3	4–0	0–1	2–3	1–0		4–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–0
Havant & Waterlooville	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	3–0
Hayes	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–2		2–1	2–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	4–1	1–2	0–1
Histon	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	3–6	3–1	2–3		1–1	3–0	2–3	0–5	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Lewes	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	6–2	0–2	2–1	0–3		2–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	5–2	2–3	1–0
Maidenhead United	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–5	0–2	2–3	2–6	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–4	0–1		1–1	0–4	2–0	1–3	2–4	2–4	0–0	1–2
Newport County	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–3	3–0		1–3	1–0	3–4	2–2	2–2	0–3	1–3
St Albans City	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–4	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–4	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0		3–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	5–2
Sutton United	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–5	4–1	1–1	4–0		1–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–0
Thurrock	4–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	4–2	2–1	5–3		1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1
Welling United	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	0–1
Weston-super-Mare	4–3	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–4	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	0–5	0–1		1–3	0–3
Weymouth	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1		1–1
Yeading	0–4	0–0	0–3	1–2	3–4	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006–2007. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2006.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	2nd	St Albans City [notes4 1]	W/O
								2nd	St Albans City	2
								5th	Histon	0
	3rd	Farnborough Town	0
	5th	Histon	3

1. Lewes did not take part in the play-offs as they could not be promoted to the Conference National
   due to ground grading issues. As a result, St Albans City were given a bye to the play-off final.

Semifinal

Farnborough Town	0–3	Histon
		Kennedy 15', 37' Jackman 69'

1 May 2006

Cherrywood Road, Farnborough

Attendance: 1,081

Play-Off Final

St Albans City	2–0	Histon
Clarke 7' Hakim 67'	Report

7 May 2006

14:00

Broadhall Way, Stevenage

Attendance: 3,175

Referee: J Farries

Topscorers

Pos	Player	Club	League	Play-offs	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Total
1	Paul Booth	Cambridge City	24	0	6	2	32

Source:^[1]