2007–08 Football Conference

The 2007–08 season was the 29th season of the Football Conference.

Football Conference

Season	2007-08
← 2006-07 2008-09 →

Conference Premier

A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 19 sides from last season, one 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 2006–07 Conference North

• Droylsden
• Farsley Celtic

Teams promoted from 2006–07 Conference South

• Histon
• Salisbury City

Teams relegated from 2006–07 League Two

• Torquay United

Boston United were also relegated from the Football League, but were placed in the Conference North due to financial problems. Altrincham, who had finished in the relegation zone in the 2006–07 season, were reprieved in order for the division to remain at 24 teams.

Overall

Aldershot Town made a return to the Football League, Aldershot F.C. having actually folded during the league season of 1991–92 league season. Its successor Aldershot Town F.C., however, actually made an exceptionally bad start of the season, losing two of their first three home games, but after that they gained a form that produced Football Conference records, such as their 31 wins and the 101 points, wrapping up the title and the promotion well ahead of the end of the season. A key factor was their ability to avoid drawn matches, of which they only had eight. And even then six of them occurred during the nine games when they were wrapping up the title.

The play-offs saw local rivals Exeter City and Torquay United facing each other for a chance to play for a promotion to the Football League. Torquay had the upper hand at first, winning the first leg on Exeter's soil with 1–2, and they on home ground they were leading 1–0 (3–1 aggregate) with just 20 minutes left, when Exeter ended their hopes with a burst of four goals to wrap up the series with a 5–3 aggregate win. Exeter eventually won 1–0 over Cambridge United at Wembley to seal their return to the League.

As usual, the biggest average crowds were seen in Oxford, with an average of 4,728 spectators per game and an aggregate of 108,750, but actually they fell fifth in highest attendances, with the West Country derby between Exeter City and Torquay United drawing the biggest crowd of the season with 7,839 spectators, followed by the Cambridgeshire derby of Cambridge United v Histon with 7,125, another West Country derby between Torquay and Exeter with 6,021 and even Aldershot Town v Weymouth with 5,980, leaving Oxford behind in their top drawing match against Crawley Town with their 5,900 spectators. Droylsden had the fewest spectators, with an aggregate of 14,800, meaning an average crowd of 643 spectators, with a high of 1,178 against Altrincham.^[1]

League table

Conference Premier

Season	2007–08[1][2]
Champions	Aldershot Town (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to League Two	Aldershot Town, Exeter City
Relegated to Conference North/Conference South	Droylsden, Farsley Celtic, Stafford Rangers
Relegated to Level 8	Halifax Town
Promoted for the next season	Barrow, Eastbourne Borough, Kettering Town, Lewes
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,559 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stuart Fleetwood (Forest Green Rovers), 28
Biggest home win	Kidderminster Harriers – Stafford Rangers 6–0 (4 March 2008)
Biggest away win	Weymouth – Forest Green Rovers 0–6 (4 March 2008)
Highest scoring	Ebbsfleet – Kidderminster 5–4 (15 September 2007); Histon – Torquay United 4–5 (18 September 2007)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	Exeter City v Torquay United, 7,839 (26 December 2007)
Lowest attendance	Droylsden v Ebbsfleet, 252 (17 April 2008)
Average attendance	1,799 (– 6% compared with the previous season)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aldershot Town (C, P)	46	31	8	7	82	48	+34	101	Promotion to Football League Two
2	Cambridge United	46	25	11	10	68	41	+27	86	Qualification for the Conference Premier play-offs
3	Torquay United	46	26	8	12	83	57	+26	86
4	Exeter City (O, P)	46	22	17	7	83	58	+25	83
5	Burton Albion	46	23	12	11	79	56	+23	81
6	Stevenage Borough	46	24	7	15	82	55	+27	79
7	Histon	46	20	12	14	76	67	+9	72
8	Forest Green Rovers	46	19	14	13	76	59	+17	71
9	Oxford United	46	20	11	15	56	48	+8	71
10	Grays Athletic	46	19	13	14	58	47	+11	70
11	Ebbsfleet United	46	19	12	15	65	61	+4	69
12	Salisbury City	46	18	14	14	70	60	+10	68
13	Kidderminster Harriers	46	19	10	17	74	57	+17	67
14	York City	46	17	11	18	71	74	−3	62
15	Crawley Town	46	19	9	18	73	67	+6	60[a]
16	Rushden & Diamonds	46	15	14	17	55	55	0	59
17	Woking	46	12	17	17	53	61	−8	53
18	Weymouth	46	11	13	22	53	73	−20	46
19	Northwich Victoria	46	11	11	24	52	78	−26	44
20	Halifax Town	46	12	16	18	61	70	−9	42[b]	Club resigned and folded
21	Altrincham	46	9	14	23	56	82	−26	41
22	Farsley Celtic (R)	46	10	9	27	48	86	−38	39	Relegation to Conference North
23	Stafford Rangers (R)	46	5	10	31	42	99	−57	25
24	Droylsden (R)	46	5	9	32	46	103	−57	24

Source: ^[1][4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Crawley Town were deducted 6 points for a breach of financial regulations.^[3]
2. Halifax Town were deducted 10 points for entering administration and later resigned from the Conference due to financial problems. These resulted in the folding of the club, but it was soon reformed with name F.C. Halifax Town, and was able to play competitive football in Northern Premier League Division One North, on Level 8 of the English football league system.

Locations

Aldershot Town

Altrincham

Burton Albion

Cambridge United

Crawley Town

Exeter City

Droylsden

Forest Green Rovers

Farsley Celtic

Ebbsfleet United

Grays Athletic

Halifax Town

Histon

Kidderminster Harriers

Northwich Victoria

Oxford United

Rushden & Diamonds

Salisbury City

Stafford Rangers

Stevenage Borough

Torquay United

Weymouth

Woking

York City

Locations of the Conference Premier 2007–08 teams

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	ALT	BRT	CAM	CRA	DRO	EBB	EXE	FAR	FGR	GRY	HAL	HIS	KID	NOR	OXF	R&D	SAL	STA	STB	TOR	WEY	WOK	YOR
Aldershot Town		2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–3	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–3	3–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–0
Altrincham	1–2		0–0	0–3	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–5	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–2
Burton Albion	2–0	2–1		1–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–4	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–3	0–2	4–1	1–2	2–1	4–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–3
Cambridge United	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–1	5–0	1–1	0–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0
Crawley Town	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1		5–0	1–2	2–2	4–1	3–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–4	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	5–3	6–1
Droylsden	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2		1–1	2–3	0–3	5–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–3	1–1	3–4
Ebbsfleet United	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0		1–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	0–1	5–4	2–1	1–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–2
Exeter City	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		2–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	4–2	4–1	4–0	4–3	0–0	2–2	1–1
Farsley Celtic	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–5	1–2	1–1	0–2		0–2	1–3	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	4–2	3–0	1–4
Forest Green Rovers	2–3	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–2		1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	4–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–2
Grays Athletic	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1		3–3	0–1	5–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2
Halifax Town	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–0		0–0	1–6	3–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–2
Histon	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–3		2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–3	1–4	4–5	2–2	0–1	3–1
Kidderminster Harriers	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	6–0	0–2	2–5	0–2	1–1	3–0
Northwich Victoria	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–3	3–3	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	4–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–1
Oxford United	2–3	4–0	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	5–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–3	0–1	0–0	1–1
Rushden & Diamonds	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	5–0		0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–1
Salisbury City	0–4	3–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–3	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Stafford Rangers	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–5	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–5		1–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–4
Stevenage Borough	3–1	2–1	3–3	1–2	3–1	5–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0		1–3	3–0	1–1	3–2
Torquay United	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–2	4–0	2–0	4–2		3–2	2–0	0–0
Weymouth	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–6	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–3	1–0	0–0		0–1	1–2
Woking	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–3	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	3–0		0–3
York City	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	4–1	0–2	2–0	3–2	1–4	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–3

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

Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Conference Premier play-off Final

	Semifinals 1st leg 1/2 May; 2nd leg 5/6 May							Final at Wembley 18 May 2008
	2nd	Cambridge United	2	2	4
	5th	Burton Albion	2	1	3
								2nd	Cambridge United	0
								4th	Exeter City	1
	3rd	Torquay United	2	1	3
	4th	Exeter City	1	4	5

Semifinals

2 May 2008

19:45

1st Leg

Burton Albion	2–2	Cambridge United
Clare 66' (pen.) Stride 69'	Report	McEvilly 78' (pen.), 84'

Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent

Attendance: 5,757

Referee: S Hooper

6 May 2008

19:30

2nd Leg

Cambridge United	2–1	Burton Albion
Wolleaston 1', 62'	Report	Clare 14'

Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Attendance: 7,276

Referee: M Mullarkey

Cambridge United won 4–3 on Aggregate.

---

1 May 2008

19:45

1st Leg

Exeter City	1–2	Torquay United
Carlisle 76'	Report	Sills 37' Zebroski 90+1'

St James Park, Exeter

Attendance: 8,276

5 May 2008

2nd Leg

Torquay United	1–4	Exeter City
Hill 59'	Report	Harley 70' Watson 81' (pen.) Logan 89' Carlisle 90+4'

Plainmoor, Torquay

Attendance: 6,015

Referee: C Sarginson

Exeter City won 5–3 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

18 May 2008

16:00

Cambridge United	0–1	Exeter City
	Report	Edwards 22'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 42,511

Referee: Craig Pawson

Top scorers in order of league goals

Rank	Player	Club	League	Play-offs	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Total
1	Stuart Fleetwood	Forest Green Rovers	28	0	6	2	36
2	Steve Morison	Stevenage Borough	22	0	0	1	23
3	Colin Little	Altrincham	21	0	1	1	24
4	John Grant	Aldershot Town	20	0	0	5	25
=	Jon Shaw	Halifax Town	20	0	1	4	25
6	Daryl Clare	Burton Albion	19	3	2	3	24
=	Tim Sills	Torquay United	19	1	0	2	22
8	Richard Logan	Exeter City	18	1	0	0	19
=	Chris Zebroski	Torquay United	18	2	0	0	20
=	Matt Tubbs	Salisbury City	18	0	0	0	18
11	Scott Rendell	Cambridge United	17	0	4	2	19
=	Mark Beesley	Forest Green Rovers / Cambridge United	17	0	2	0	19
=	Iyseden Christie	Kidderminster Harriers	17	0	0	0	17

Source:^[1]

Conference North

Conference North

Season	2007–08[1][2]
Champions	Kettering Town (1st Football Conference North title)
Direct promotion	Kettering Town
Promoted through play-offs	Barrow
demoted to Level 7, expelled or reformed	Leigh RMI; Nuneaton (reformed and demoted); Boston United (expelled)
Promoted for the next season	Fleetwood Town, Gateshead, King's Lynn
Matches played	462
Biggest home win	Blyth Spartans – Worcester City 6–0 (12 April 2008); Kettering Town – Vauxhall Motors 6–0 (18 August 2007); Stalybridge Celtic – Redditch United 6–0 (26 April 2008)
Biggest away win	Vauxhall Motors – Kettering Town 0–6 (1 March 2008)
Highest scoring	Hyde United – Vauxhall Motors 6–3 (13 August 2007)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Promotion and relegation

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

Teams promoted from 2006–07 Northern Premier League Premier Division

• Burscough
• AFC Telford United

Teams relegated from 2006–07 Conference National

• Tamworth
• Southport

Teams relegated from 2006–07 League Two

• Boston United

Boston United were transferred down two divisions due to financial problems. At the end of the season still under entering administration, Boston United were relegated another division down.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kettering Town (C, P)	42	30	7	5	93	34	+59	97	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	AFC Telford United	42	24	8	10	70	43	+27	80	Qualification for the Conference North play-offs
3	Stalybridge Celtic	42	25	4	13	88	51	+37	79
4	Southport	42	22	11	9	77	50	+27	77
5	Barrow (O, P)	42	21	13	8	70	39	+31	76
6	Harrogate Town	42	21	11	10	55	41	+14	74
7	Nuneaton Borough (R)	42	19	14	9	58	40	+18	71	Demoted to the Southern League Division One Midlands[a]
8	Burscough	42	19	8	15	62	58	+4	65
9	Hyde United	42	20	3	19	84	66	+18	63
10	Boston United (R)	42	17	8	17	65	57	+8	59	Demoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division[b]
11	Gainsborough Trinity	42	15	12	15	62	65	−3	57
12	Worcester City	42	14	12	16	48	68	−20	54	Transferred to Conference South
13	Redditch United	42	15	8	19	41	58	−17	53
14	Workington	42	13	11	18	52	56	−4	50
15	Tamworth	42	13	11	18	53	59	−6	50
16	Alfreton Town	42	12	11	19	49	54	−5	47
17	Solihull Moors	42	12	11	19	50	76	−26	47
18	Blyth Spartans	42	12	10	20	52	62	−10	46
19	Hinckley United	42	11	12	19	48	69	−21	45
20	Hucknall Town	42	11	6	25	53	75	−22	39	Reprived from relegation[c]
21	Vauxhall Motors	42	7	7	28	42	100	−58	28
22	Leigh RMI (R)	42	6	8	28	36	87	−51	26	Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division

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

1. In June 2008, Nuneaton Borough went into liquidation but were immediately reformed as Nuneaton Town. They underwent a double demotion to the Southern League Division One Midlands, Level 8 of the English football league system.
2. Boston United were demoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division for failing to get out of administration by the end of the season.
3. Hucknall Town and Vauxhall Motors were reprieved from relegation due to the demotions of Nuneaton Borough and Boston United.

Locations

AFC Telford United

Alfreton Town

Barrow

Blyth Spartans

Boston United

Burscough

Gainsborough Trinity

Harrogate Town

Hinckley United

Hucknall Town

Hyde United

Kettering Town

Leigh RMI

Nuneaton Borough

Redditch United

Solihull Moors

Southport

Stalybridge

Tamworth

Vauxhall Motors

Worcester City

Workington

Locations of the Football Conference North 2007–2008 teams

Results

Home \ Away	TEL	ALF	BRW	BLY	BOS	BUR	GAI	HAR	HIN	HUC	HYD	KET	LEI	NUN	RED	SOL	SOU	STL	TAM	VAU	WRC	WRK
AFC Telford United		3–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	6–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–5	3–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	3–3
Alfreton Town	0–1		0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–4	1–2	4–0	3–1	2–0
Barrow	4–0	2–1		1–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	5–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–1
Blyth Spartans	1–2	2–0	2–3		2–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–4	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	6–0	0–2
Boston United	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–2		0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	5–1	2–2	2–0
Burscough	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1		2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	5–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–1
Gainsborough Trinity	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–1		0–1	2–2	4–1	3–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1
Harrogate Town	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–1		1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–1
Hinckley United	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–3		2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–4	2–1
Hucknall Town	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–4	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–0	5–0	1–3
Hyde United	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–4	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	5–2	4–2		0–3	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	6–3	3–1	1–2
Kettering Town	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	5–2	3–2	0–2		3–0	3–2	2–0	6–1	5–2	0–1	2–1	6–0	3–0	3–1
Leigh RMI	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–5	1–4		1–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–1
Nuneaton Borough	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0
Redditch United	0–1	1–1	0–5	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–0		0–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
Solihull Moors	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–0		4–1	0–4	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–2
Southport	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	5–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–2		2–3	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–1
Stalybridge Celtic	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–4	5–1	3–2	2–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	6–0	4–0	2–2		0–0	4–1	1–0	3–0
Tamworth	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	2–0		1–1	0–2	2–0
Vauxhall Motors	1–3	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–3	3–4	0–6	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–5	1–3		1–1	2–5
Worcester City	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–3	3–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–3	1–0		2–2
Workington	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008–2009. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2008.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final in Burton
	2nd	AFC Telford United	0	0	0
	5th	Barrow	2	2	4
								3rd	Stalybridge Celtic	0
								5th	Barrow	1
	3rd	Stalybridge Celtic (pen.)	0	2	2 (5)
	4th	Southport	1	1	2 (3)

Semifinals

30 April 2008

1st Leg

Barrow	2–0	AFC Telford United
Tait 72' Rogan 82'

Holker Street, Barrow

Attendance: 2,701

4 May 2008

15:00 BST

2nd Leg

AFC Telford United	0–2	Barrow
		Reynolds 33' (o.g.) Tait 78'

New Bucks Head, Telford

Attendance: 4,123

Barrow won 4–0 on Aggregate.

---

30 April 2008

1st Leg

Southport	1–0	Stalybridge Celtic
Blakeman 36'	Report

Haig Avenue, Southport

Attendance: 1,361

4 May 2008

2nd Leg

Stalybridge Celtic	2–1	Southport
Winn 31' Payne 70'	Report	Skyes 87' (o.g.)
Penalties
Torpey Barwick Payne Meechan Winn	5–3	Barratt Robinson Gray Blakeman

Bower Fold, Stalybridge

Attendance: 1,735

Referee: John Simpson

Stalybridge Celtic won 5–3 on penalties after tying 2–2 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

9 May 2008

Stalybridge Celtic	0–1	Barrow
	Report	Henney 58'

Pirelli Stadium, Burton

Attendance: 2,530

Conference South

Conference South

Season	2007–08[1][2]
Champions	Lewes (1st Football Conference South title)
Direct promotion	Lewes
Promoted through play-offs	Eastbourne Borough
Relegated to Level 7	Cambridge City, Sutton United
Promoted for the next season	Chelmsford City, Team Bath, AFC Wimbledon, Worcester City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,339 (2.9 per match)
Biggest home win	Bromley – Thurrock 8–1 (26 December 2007)
Biggest away win	Bognor Regis – Lewes 0–5 (27 August 2007); Maidenhead –Eastleigh 0–5 (8 March 2008); St Albans City – Thurrock 0–5 (19 September 2007); Thurrock – Hampton & Richmond 0–5 (7 September 2007)
Highest scoring	Bromley – Thurrock 8–1 (26 December 2007)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Promotion and relegation

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

Teams promoted from 2006–07 Southern League Premier Division

• Bath City
• Maidenhead United

Teams promoted from 2006–07 Isthmian League Premier Division

• Hampton & Richmond Borough
• Bromley

Teams relegated from 2006–07 Conference National

• St Albans City

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lewes (C, P)	42	27	8	7	81	39	+42	89	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Eastbourne Borough (O, P)	42	23	11	8	83	38	+45	80	Qualification for the Conference South play-offs
3	Hampton & Richmond Borough	42	21	14	7	87	49	+38	77
4	Fisher Athletic	42	22	5	15	65	61	+4	71
5	Braintree Town	42	19	12	11	52	42	+10	69
6	Eastleigh	42	19	10	13	76	62	+14	67
7	Havant & Waterlooville	42	19	10	13	59	53	+6	67
8	Bath City	42	17	15	10	59	36	+23	66
9	Newport County	42	18	12	12	64	49	+15	66
10	Bishop's Stortford	42	18	10	14	72	60	+12	64
11	Bromley	42	19	7	16	77	66	+11	64
12	Thurrock	42	18	9	15	63	64	−1	63
13	Hayes & Yeading United	42	14	12	16	67	73	−6	54
14	Cambridge City (R)	42	14	10	18	71	72	−1	52	Demoted to the Southern League Premier Division[a]
15	Basingstoke Town	42	12	14	16	54	75	−21	50
16	Welling United	42	13	7	22	41	64	−23	46
17	Maidenhead United	42	11	12	19	56	59	−3	45
18	Bognor Regis Town	42	11	11	20	49	67	−18	44
19	St Albans City	42	10	12	20	43	69	−26	42
20	Weston-super-Mare	42	9	10	23	52	85	−33	37	Reprived from relegation[b]
21	Dorchester Town	42	8	10	24	36	70	−34	34
22	Sutton United (R)	42	5	9	28	32	86	−54	24	Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division

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

1. Cambridge City were demoted for failing to comply to stadium regulations.
2. Weston-super-Mare and Dorchester Town were reprieved from relegation due to the demotion of Cambridge City and the folding of Halifax Town in the Conference Premier.

Locations

Bath City

Bromley

Hampton & R.

Maidenhead

Basingstoke

Bishop's Stortford

Bognor Regis

Braintree

Cambridge City

Dorchester

Eastbourne

Eastleigh

Fisher Athletic

Havant & Waterlooville

Hayes & Yeading

Lewes

Newport County

St Albans City

Sutton

Thurrock

Welling

Weston-super-Mare

Locations of the Football Conference South 2007–2008 teams

Bromley

Fisher Athletic

Hampton & Richmond

Hayes & Yeading

Sutton

Thurrock

Welling

Locations of the Football Conference South London teams 2007–2008

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BAT	BST	BOG	BRA	BRO	CAM	DOR	EAB	EAS	FIS	H&R	H&W	H&Y	LEW	MDH	NPC	SAC	SUT	THU	WEL	WSM
Basingstoke Town		0–4	1–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	3–4	1–5	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0
Bath City	0–1		4–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–0
Bishop's Stortford	0–0	1–1		5–3	3–4	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	6–2	4–1	0–1	1–5	2–1	0–0	3–4	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–2
Bognor Regis Town	1–1	1–3	0–2		2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	0–1	2–4	1–1	3–0	0–5	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0
Braintree Town	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–2		2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–3	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0
Bromley	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0		3–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–4	1–0	8–1	2–0	3–1
Cambridge City	3–0	2–2	2–4	2–2	0–0	1–2		2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–3	3–0	0–2	4–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	5–1
Dorchester Town	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–3	3–2		0–4	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–3	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2
Eastbourne Borough	6–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	4–1		3–2	4–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–2
Eastleigh	1–1	4–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–0	3–1	1–2		3–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–0	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–2
Fisher Athletic	4–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–4		0–3	4–2	4–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	0–0	4–2	2–0	3–2	3–1
Hampton & Richmond	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	3–1	0–2		1–1	4–1	6–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–3	4–0	5–1
Havant & Waterlooville	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–3		4–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1
Hayes & Yeading United	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	3–3	6–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–4	2–1	0–0	3–1		2–1	1–4	1–3	2–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	2–2
Lewes	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–1		0–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0
Maidenhead United	1–2	0–1	5–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–5	2–3	1–2	3–3	0–1	0–0		2–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Newport County	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–1		2–0	2–0	1–4	0–1	5–0
St Albans City	4–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	2–3	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–0		1–2	0–5	1–2	0–3
Sutton United	1–2	0–4	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–5	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–3	2–3	0–1	0–0		1–0	1–2	0–3
Thurrock	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–2	3–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	0–5	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–1		2–0	3–2
Welling United	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	2–6	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–4	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2		2–1
Weston-super-Mare	3–3	0–2	0–4	3–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–3	3–0	3–1	0–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008–2009. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2008.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final in Stevenage
	2nd	Eastbourne Borough	2	3	5
	5th	Braintree Town	0	0	0
								2nd	Eastbourne Borough	2
								3rd	Hampton & Richmond Borough	0
	3rd	Hampton & Richmond B. (pen.)	1	0	1 (4)
	4th	Fisher Athletic	1	0	1 (2)

Semifinals

29 April 2008

1st Leg

Braintree Town	0–2	Eastbourne Borough
		Tait 31', 68'

Cressing Road, Braintree

Attendance: 1,017

3 May 2008

2nd Leg

Eastbourne Borough	3–0	Braintree Town
Tait 43' Crabb 86' Atkin 90'

Priory Lane, Eastbourne

Attendance: 1,802

---

29 April 2008

1st Leg

Fisher Athletic	1–1	Hampton & Richmond Borough
Tomlin 59'		Hodges 34'

Champion Hill, Dulwich

Attendance: 450

3 May 2008

2nd Leg

Hampton & Richmond Borough	0–0	Fisher Athletic
	Report
Penalties
Yaku McAuley Lovett Harris	4–2	McCollin Hickie Thomas Batts

The Rocket Hospitality Beveree Stadium, Hampton

Attendance: 1,489

Hampton and Richmond Borough won 4–2 on penalties after tying 1–1 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

8 May 2008

19:45 GMT

Eastbourne Borough	2–0	Hampton & Richmond Borough
Crabb 85' Armstrong 90'	Report

Broadhall Way, Stevenage

Attendance: 1,077