2006–07 Football Conference

The 2006–07 season was the 28th season of the Football Conference.

Football Conference

Season	2006-07
← 2005-06 2007-08 →

Overview

This season saw the promotion of Dagenham & Redbridge and Morecambe to the Football League for the first time, whilst Droylsden, Farsley Celtic, Histon and Salisbury City were promoted to the Conference National for the first time in their history.

At the end of the season Scarborough and Farnborough Town went out of business, whilst Hayes and Yeading merged to form a new club, Hayes & Yeading United and Moor Green merged with Southern League side Solihull Borough to form Solihull Moors (which took Moor Green's place in the Conference North).

Oxford United drew the biggest crowds, with an average of 6,332 spectators and a peak of 11,065 in their match against Woking. Exeter City came second far behind them, with an average of 3,627, just beating Oxford's average with a peak of 6,670 in their match against Southport. Other teams could not match Oxford's average even in their most popular matches.

Conference National

Conference National

Season	2006–07[1][2]
Champions	Dagenham & Redbridge (1st Football Conference title)
Direct promotion	Dagenham & Redbridge
Promoted through play-offs	Morecambe
Relegated to Conference North/Conference South	St Albans City, Southport, Tamworth
Promoted for the next season	Droylsden, Farsley Celtic, Histon, Salisbury City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,412 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Benson (Dagenham & Redbridge), 28
Biggest home win	Cambridge United – Weymouth 7–0 (31 March 2007)
Biggest away win	St Albans City – Grays Athletic 0–6 (21 October 2006)
Highest scoring	Forest Green Rovers – Stevenage Borough 4–4 (9Apr 2007); St Albans City – Aldershot 3–5 (19 August 2006)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	Oxford United, 17 matches
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	Oxford United v Woking, 11,065 (26 December 2006)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,914 (6 short of Conference record; + 6% compared with the previous season)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Conference North

• Northwich Victoria
• Stafford Rangers

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Conference South

• Weymouth
• St Albans City

Teams relegated from 2005–06 Football League Two

• Oxford United
• Rushden & Diamonds

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dagenham & Redbridge (C, P)	46	28	11	7	93	48	+45	95	Promotion to Football League Two
2	Oxford United	46	22	15	9	66	33	+33	81	Qualification for the Conference National play-offs
3	Morecambe (O, P)	46	23	12	11	64	46	+18	81
4	York City	46	23	11	12	65	45	+20	80
5	Exeter City	46	22	12	12	67	48	+19	78
6	Burton Albion	46	22	9	15	52	47	+5	75
7	Gravesend & Northfleet	46	21	11	14	63	56	+7	74
8	Stevenage Borough	46	20	10	16	76	66	+10	70
9	Aldershot Town	46	18	11	17	64	62	+2	65
10	Kidderminster Harriers	46	17	12	17	43	50	−7	63
11	Weymouth	46	18	9	19	56	73	−17	63
12	Rushden & Diamonds	46	17	11	18	58	54	+4	62
13	Northwich Victoria	46	18	4	24	51	69	−18	58
14	Forest Green Rovers	46	13	18	15	59	64	−5	57
15	Woking	46	15	12	19	56	61	−5	57
16	Halifax Town	46	15	10	21	55	62	−7	55
17	Cambridge United	46	15	10	21	57	66	−9	55
18	Crawley Town	46	17	12	17	52	52	0	53[a]
19	Grays Athletic	46	13	13	20	56	55	+1	52
20	Stafford Rangers	46	14	10	22	49	71	−22	52
21	Altrincham	46	13	12	21	53	67	−14	51	Reprieved from relegation[b]
22	Tamworth (R)	46	13	9	24	43	61	−18	48	Relegation to Conference North
23	Southport (R)	46	11	14	21	57	67	−10	47
24	St Albans City (R)	46	10	10	26	57	89	−32	40	Relegation to Conference South

Source: ^[1][3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Crawley Town were deducted 10 points for entering administration.
2. Altrincham were reprieved from relegation due to Boston United's double relegation from Football League Two.

Locations

Aldershot

Altrincham

Burton Albion

Cambridge Utd

Crawley Town

Dagenham & R

Forest Green Rovers

Gravesend & N

Grays Athletic

Exeter City

Halifax Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Morecambe

Northwich Victoria

Oxford

Rushden & Diamonds

Southport

St Albans City

Stafford

Stevenage

Tamworth

Weymouth

Woking

York City

Locations of the Conference National 2006–2007 teams

Dagenham & Redbridge

Gravesend & Northfleet

Grays Athletic

Locations of the Conference National London teams 2006–2007

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	ALT	BRT	CAM	CRA	D&R	EXE	FGR	GRN	GRY	HAL	KID	MOR	NOR	OXF	R&D	SOU	STA	SAC	STB	TAM	WEY	WOK	YOR
Aldershot		0–0	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–2	2–0	4–0	3–3	0–1	2–2	0–2
Altrincham	0–0		2–3	5–0	1–1	0–5	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–4
Burton Albion	1–3	2–1		2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2
Cambridge United	2–0	2–2	1–2		1–2	4–2	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	7–0	3–0	0–5
Crawley Town	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–0
Dagenham & Redbridge	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	2–1		4–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	5–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	4–0	4–1	3–2	2–1
Exeter City	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–2		1–0	1–3	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1
Forest Green Rovers	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1		0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–5	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	4–4	2–0	3–2	2–3	0–1
Gravesend & Northfleet	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1		2–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	1–4	3–2	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–0	0–1
Grays Athletic	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–2		1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Halifax Town	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2		2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–1
Kidderminster Harriers	0–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0		0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1
Morecambe	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–1		2–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–3
Northwich Victoria	1–3	1–1	0–3	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–3	3–2	0–1	0–2		1–0	4–1	3–1	4–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–2
Oxford United	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	5–1		0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–0
Rushden & Diamonds	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0		2–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–1
Southport	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–2		5–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1
Stafford Rangers	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	4–2	2–3	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	1–3	0–4	2–0	1–0	0–0
St Albans City	3–5	1–5	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–6	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	2–2	0–3		2–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–2
Stevenage Borough	3–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–2	0–0	3–3	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–3	0–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	6–0	1–2		3–0	1–0	3–2	1–2
Tamworth	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–3	3–1	2–2
Weymouth	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	3–1		2–3	1–2
Woking	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	4–0		1–2
York City	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	5–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1

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

Play-offs

Main article: 2007 Conference National play-off Final

	Semifinals 1st leg – 4 May 2007; 2nd leg – 7/8 May 2007							Final at Wembley Stadium 20 May 2007
	2nd	Oxford United	1	1	2 (3)
	5th	Exeter City (a.e.t.), pen.)	0	2	2 (4)
								3rd	Morecambe	2
								5th	Exeter City	1
	3rd	Morecambe	0	2	2
	4th	York City	0	1	1

Semifinals

Exeter City	0–1	Oxford United
	Report	Taylor 40' (o.g.)

4 May 2007

1st Leg

St. James Park, Exeter

Attendance: 8,659

Oxford United	1–2	Exeter City
Odubade 27'	Report 1	Phillips 39' Stansfield 70'
Penalties
Duffy Burgess Johnson Quinn Turley Zebroski	3–4	Jones Gill Taylor Mackie Logan Tully

8 May 2007

19:45

2nd Leg

Kassam Stadium, Oxford

Attendance: 10,691

Exeter City won 4–3 on Penalties after tying 2–2 on Aggregate.

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York City	0–0	Morecambe
	Report

4 May 2007

1st Leg

Bootham Crescent, York

Attendance: 6,660

Referee: G Lewis

Morecambe	2–1	York City
Curtis 40', 48'	Report	Bowey 20' (pen.)

7 May 2007

2nd Leg

Christie Park, Morecambe

Attendance: 5,567

Referee: R East

Morecambe won 2–1 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

Exeter City	1–2	Morecambe
Phillips 8'	Report	Thompson 42' Carlton 82'

20 May 2007

14:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 40,043

Referee: Michael Oliver

Top scorers in order of league goals

Pos	Player	Club	League	Play- offs	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Total
1	Paul Benson	Dagenham & Redbridge	28	0	0	2	30
2	Charlie MacDonald	Gravesend & Northfleet	27	0	0	2	29
3	Steve Morison	Stevenage Borough	24	0	2	8	34
=	Clayton Donaldson	York City	24	0	1	1	26
5	Simeon Jackson	Rushden & Diamonds	19	0	1	0	20
6	Robert Duffy	Oxford United	18	0	1	2	21
7	Robbie Simpson	Cambridge United	17	0	0	0	17
8	Daryl Clare	Burton Albion	16	0	2	0	18
9	Craig McAllister	Woking	15	0	1	1	17
10	Neil Grayson	Stafford Rangers	13	0	0	0	13

Source:^[1]

Conference North

Conference North

Season	2006–07[1][2]
Champions	Droylsden (1st Football Conference North title)
Direct promotion	Droylsden
Promoted through play-offs	Farsley Celtic
Relegated to Level 7 or folded	Lancaster City, Worksop Town; Scarborough (folded)
Promoted for the next season	Boston United, AFC Telford United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,281 (2.77 per match)
Biggest home win	Droylsden – Lancaster City 6–1 (17 February 2007); Droylsden – Stalybridge Celtic 6–1 (18 September 2006); Hinckley – Lancaster 5–0 (23 April 2007); Hucknall – Lancaster 5–0 (20 January 2007); Hyde – Lancaster 5–0 (22 January 2007)
Biggest away win	Stalybridge Celtic – Hyde United 3–7 (1 January 2007); Lancaster City – Scarborough 1–5 (22 January 2007); Lancaster City – Workington 1–5 (7 October 2006); Vauxhall Motors – Harrogate 1–5 (27 January 2007); Barrow – Redditch United 0–4 (9 September 2006); Lancaster City – Nuneaton 0–4 (6 January 2007); Stalybridge Celtic – Barrow 0–4 (27 January 2007)
Highest scoring	Stalybridge Celtic – Hyde United 3–7 (1 January 2007)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 19 sides from last season, one relegated from the Conference National and two promoted from the Northern Premier League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Northern Premier League

• Blyth Spartans
• Farsley Celtic

Teams relegated from 2005–06 Conference National

• Scarborough

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Droylsden (C, P)	42	23	9	10	85	55	+30	78	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Kettering Town	42	20	13	9	75	58	+17	73	Qualification for the Conference North play-offs
3	Workington	42	20	10	12	61	46	+15	70
4	Hinckley United	42	19	12	11	68	54	+14	69
5	Farsley Celtic (O, P)	42	19	11	12	58	51	+7	68
6	Harrogate Town	42	18	13	11	58	41	+17	67
7	Blyth Spartans	42	19	9	14	56	50	+6	66
8	Hyde United	42	18	11	13	79	62	+17	65
9	Worcester City	42	16	14	12	67	54	+13	62
10	Nuneaton Borough	42	15	15	12	54	45	+9	60
11	Moor Green	42	16	11	15	53	51	+2	59	Merged into Solihull Moors[a]
12	Gainsborough Trinity	42	15	11	16	51	57	−6	56
13	Hucknall Town	42	15	9	18	69	69	0	54
14	Alfreton Town	42	14	12	16	44	50	−6	54
15	Vauxhall Motors	42	12	15	15	62	64	−2	51
16	Barrow	42	12	14	16	47	48	−1	50
17	Leigh RMI	42	13	10	19	47	61	−14	49
18	Stalybridge Celtic	42	13	10	19	64	81	−17	49
19	Redditch United	42	11	15	16	62	67	−5	48
20	Scarborough	42	13	16	13	50	45	+5	45[b]	Club folded
21	Worksop Town (R)	42	12	9	21	44	62	−18	45	Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division
22	Lancaster City (R)	42	2	5	35	27	110	−83	1[c]	Relegation to the Northern Premier League Division One North[d]

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. At the end of the season, Moor Green merged with Solihull Borough of the Level 8 Southern League Division One Midlands to form Solihull Moors, with the new club taking Moor Green's place in the Conference North.
2. Scarborough were deducted 10 points for entering administration.
3. Lancaster City were deducted 10 points for entering administration.
4. Lancaster City were relegated two divisions to the Northern Premier League Division One North due to financial problems.

Locations

Alfreton Town

Barrow

Blyth Spartans

Droylsden

Farsley Celtic

Gainsborough Trinity

Harrogate

Hinckley United

Hucknall Town

Hyde United

Kettering Town

Lancaster City

Leigh RMI

Moor Green

Nuneaton

Redditch

Scarborough

Stalybridge

Vauxhall Motors

Worcester City

Workington

Worksop Town

Locations of the Football Conference North 2006–2007 teams

Results

Home \ Away	ALF	BRW	BLY	DRO	FAR	GAI	HAR	HIN	HUC	HYD	KET	LNC	LEI	MOG	NUN	RED	SCA	STL	VAU	WRC	WRK	WKS
Alfreton Town		1–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–0
Barrow	1–1		0–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2
Blyth Spartans	3–0	1–0		0–3	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–0
Droylsden	1–1	2–1	0–0		4–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	5–3	4–2	1–1	6–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–3	6–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–2
Farsley Celtic	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–3		1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity	4–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	0–0		1–3	1–0	2–3	2–3	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–1
Harrogate Town	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
Hinckley United	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1		1–1	2–0	3–1	5–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–3	2–1	0–1
Hucknall Town	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	0–1	3–3	0–3	1–2		4–2	1–2	5–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	2–1	4–0
Hyde United	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	3–4	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–0		3–5	5–0	2–0	4–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2
Kettering Town	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	4–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–0		3–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–2
Lancaster City	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–4	0–1	2–3	0–1		0–0	0–3	0–4	1–2	1–5	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–5	0–3
Leigh RMI	2–0	0–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–3	4–3	2–0	1–2	0–1		2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–3	2–1	2–0	2–1
Moor Green	2–0	0–0	0–2	5–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	5–2	3–1	1–0	0–1
Nuneaton Borough	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1		1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Redditch United	3–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	4–4	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0		1–1	1–2	3–3	1–2	4–1	0–1
Scarborough	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–3	3–2		0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Stalybridge Celtic	3–2	0–4	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–7	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–3	4–3	3–2	2–2		3–3	1–1	1–2	3–0
Vauxhall Motors	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–5	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2		2–0	1–2	2–0
Worcester City	0–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	3–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–3		2–2	2–1
Workington	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1		3–2
Worksop Town	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–4	0–2	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007–2008. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2007.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	2nd	Kettering Town	1	0	1 (2)
	5th	Farsley Celtic (a.e.t.), pen.)	1	0	1 (4)
								5th	Farsley Celtic	4
								4th	Hinckley United	3
	3rd	Workington	0	1	1
	4th	Hinckley United	0	2	2

Semifinals

Farsley Celtic	1–1	Kettering Town
Reeves 17'	Report	Solkhon 75'

2 May 2007

19:45 GMT

1st Leg

The Citadel, Farsley

Attendance: 1,621

Kettering Town	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Farsley Celtic
	Report
Penalties
	2–4

5 May 2007

15:00 GMT

2nd Leg

Rockingham Road, Kettering

Attendance: 2,033

Farsley Celtic won 4–2 in penalties after tying 1–1 on Aggregate.

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Hinckley United	0–0	Workington
	Report

2 May 2007

19:45 GMT

1st Leg

De Montfort Park, Hinckley

Attendance: 1,092

Workington	1–2	Hinckley United
Hewson 87'	Report	Jackson 43' Marrison 47'

5 May 2007

15:00 GMT

2nd Leg

Borough Park, Workington

Attendance: 1,519

Hinkley United won 2–1 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

Hinckley United	3–4	Farsley Celtic
Shilton 19' Cartwright 21', 83'	Report	Grant 15' Reeves 79', 89' (pen.) Crossley 87'

14 May 2007

19:45 GMT

Pirelli Stadium, Burton

Attendance: 2,495

Conference South

Conference South

Season	2006–07[1][2]
Champions	Histon (1st Football Conference South title)
Direct promotion	Histon
Promoted through play-offs	Salisbury City
Relegated to Level 7	Bedford, Farnborough Town (folded)
Promoted for the next season	Bath City, Bromley, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Maidenhead United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,311 (2.84 per match)
Biggest home win	Havant & Waterlooville – Hayes 6–0 (3 March 2007)
Biggest away win	Weston-super-Mare – Hayes 0–5 (7 February 2007)
Highest scoring	Dorchester – Sutton 5–4 (18 November 2006); Havant & Waterlooville – Bishop's Stortford 5–4 (22 January 2007)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Southern Football League

• Salisbury City
• Bedford Town

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Isthmian League

• Braintree Town
• Fisher Athletic

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Histon (C, P)	42	30	4	8	85	44	+41	94	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Salisbury City (O, P)	42	21	12	9	65	37	+28	75	Qualification for the Conference South play-offs
3	Braintree Town	42	21	11	10	51	38	+13	74
4	Havant & Waterlooville	42	20	13	9	75	46	+29	73
5	Bishop's Stortford	42	21	10	11	72	61	+11	73
6	Newport County	42	21	7	14	83	57	+26	70
7	Eastbourne Borough	42	18	15	9	58	42	+16	69
8	Welling United	42	21	6	15	65	51	+14	69
9	Lewes	42	15	17	10	67	52	+15	62
10	Fisher Athletic	42	15	11	16	78	80	−2	56
11	Farnborough Town	42	19	8	15	59	52	+7	55[a]	Expelled and folded[b]
12	Bognor Regis Town	42	13	13	16	56	62	−6	52
13	Cambridge City	42	15	7	20	44	52	−8	52
14	Sutton United	42	14	9	19	58	63	−5	51
15	Eastleigh	42	11	15	16	48	53	−5	48
16	Yeading	42	12	9	21	56	78	−22	45	Merged into Hayes & Yeading United[c]
17	Dorchester Town	42	11	12	19	49	77	−28	45
18	Thurrock	42	11	11	20	61	80	−19	44
19	Basingstoke Town	42	9	16	17	46	58	−12	43
20	Hayes	42	11	10	21	47	73	−26	43	Merged into Hayes & Yeading United[c]
21	Weston-super-Mare	42	8	11	23	49	77	−28	35	Reprieved from relegation[d]
22	Bedford Town (R)	42	8	7	27	43	82	−39	31	Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Farnborough Town were deducted 10 points for entering administration.
2. Farnborough Town folded before the following season. They were reformed as Farnborough F.C. in the Southern Football League Division One South & West, two divisions below the Conference South.
3. At the end of the season, Yeading and Hayes merged together, forming Hayes & Yeading United.
4. Weston-super-Mare were reprieved from relegation due to Farnborough Town folding and the merger of Hayes and Yeading.

Locations

Bedford

Fisher Athletic

Braintree

Salisbury

Basingstoke

Bishop's Stortford

Bognor Regis

Cambridge City

Dorchester

Eastbourne

Eastleigh

Farnborough

Havant & Waterlooville

Hayes

Histon

Lewes

Newport County

Sutton

Thurrock

Welling

Weston-super-Mare

Yeading

Locations of the Football Conference South teams 2006–2007

Hayes

Fisher Athletic

Sutton

Thurrock

Welling

Yeading

Locations of the Football Conference South London teams 2006–2007

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BED	BST	BOG	BRA	CAM	DOR	EAB	EAS	FAR	FIS	H&W	HAY	HIS	LEW	NPC	SAL	SUT	THU	WEL	WSM	YEA
Basingstoke Town		0–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–3
Bedford Town	0–0		3–1	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–5
Bishop's Stortford	3–1	2–2		0–1	0–2	2–1	4–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–0
Bognor Regis Town	1–2	1–0	2–4		1–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–1
Braintree Town	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2		2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1
Cambridge City	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0		0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–3	2–3	0–1	2–3	3–0
Dorchester Town	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–1		0–0	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–5	0–4	0–3	5–4	3–1	0–1	1–5	3–2
Eastbourne Borough	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–0
Eastleigh	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1		3–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–4
Farnborough Town	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	2–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Fisher Athletic	3–3	3–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	3–0		3–3	3–0	1–4	5–1	3–3	1–4	2–1	3–5	2–1	1–1	3–1
Havant & Waterlooville	1–0	4–0	5–4	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3		6–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	4–0
Hayes	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	2–3	0–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	0–1		1–3	1–4	0–1	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
Histon	4–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	5–0		3–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–2
Lewes	2–2	5–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1		2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	3–2
Newport County	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	3–1	3–4	4–2	1–0	2–0	5–1	1–1		4–3	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–0	4–1
Salisbury City	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–0
Sutton United	3–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1		2–1	1–2	3–1	1–3
Thurrock	2–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–4	1–1	1–4	5–1	1–1	0–1	0–4	3–2	2–2	1–5	3–0		1–2	2–2	1–0
Welling United	0–2	5–0	2–3	3–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–2		1–0	5–1
Weston-super-Mare	1–3	2–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–4	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–5	0–5	1–2	1–1	3–4	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2		2–1
Yeading	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	5–0	0–0	2–5	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007–2008. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2007.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	2nd	Salisbury City (a.e.t.)	1	3	4
	5th	Bishop's Stortford	1	1	2
								2nd	Salisbury City	1
								3rd	Braintree Town	0
	3rd	Braintree Town (pen.)	1	1	2 (4)
	4th	Havant & Waterlooville	1	1	2 (2)

Semifinals

Bishop's Stortford	1–1	Salisbury City
		Matthews 64'

2 May 2007

1st Leg

Woodside Park, Bishop's Stortford

Attendance: 1,049

Salisbury City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Bishop's Stortford
Tubbs 18' Matthews 100' Fowler 118'	Report	Porter 34'

2nd Leg

The Raymond McEnhill Stadium, Salisbury

Attendance: 1,920

Salisbury City won 4–2 on Aggregate.

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Havant & Waterlooville	1–1	Braintree Town

2 May 2007

1st Leg

Draper Tools Community Stadium, Havant

Attendance: 1,011

Braintree Town	1–1	Havant & Waterlooville
Penalties
	4–2

5 May 2007

2nd Leg

Cressing Road, Braintree

Attendance: 1,539

Braintree Town won 4–2 on Penalties after tying 2–2 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

Salisbury City	1–0	Braintree Town
Tubbs 84'

13 May 2007

Broadhall Way, Stevenage

Attendance: 3,167