2007–08 Football Conference

Football league season

National League (English football)
Season	2007-2008
← 2006-2007 2008-2009 →

The Football Conference consists of the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the playoff of the National division will be promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four will be relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions will be relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League For sponsorship reasons, the league is frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.

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

Teams promoted from 2006–07 Conference South

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.

League table

Football league season

Conference Premier
Season	2007–08
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	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aldershot Town (C, P)	46	18	2	3	44	21	13	6	4	38	27	+34	101	Promoted to League Two
2	Cambridge United	46	14	6	3	36	17	11	5	7	32	24	+27	86	Qualified for play-offs
3	Torquay United	46	15	3	5	39	21	11	5	7	44	36	+26	86
4	Exeter City (O, P)	46	13	9	1	44	26	9	8	6	39	32	+25	83
5	Burton Albion	46	15	3	5	48	31	8	9	6	31	25	+23	81
6	Stevenage Borough	46	13	5	5	47	25	11	2	10	35	30	+27	79
7	Histon	46	10	7	6	42	36	10	5	8	34	31	+9	72
8	Forest Green Rovers	46	11	6	6	45	34	8	8	7	31	25	+17	71
9	Oxford United	46	10	8	5	32	21	10	3	10	24	27	+8	71
10	Grays Athletic	46	11	6	6	35	23	8	7	8	23	24	+11	70
11	Ebbsfleet United	46	14	3	6	40	29	5	9	9	25	32	+4	69
12	Salisbury City	46	12	7	4	35	22	6	7	10	35	38	+10	68
13	Kidderminster Harriers	46	12	5	6	38	23	7	5	11	36	34	+17	67
14	York City	46	8	5	10	33	34	9	6	8	38	40	−3	62
15	Crawley Town	46	12	5	6	47	31	7	4	12	26	36	+6	60
16	Rushden & Diamonds	46	7	10	6	26	22	8	4	11	29	33	0	59
17	Woking	46	7	9	7	28	27	5	8	10	25	34	−8	53
18	Weymouth	46	7	5	11	24	34	4	8	11	29	39	−20	46
19	Northwich Victoria	46	6	7	10	30	36	5	4	14	22	42	−26	44
20	Halifax Town (R)	46	8	10	5	30	29	4	6	13	31	41	−9	42	Club folded. Reformed as FC Halifax Town in Northern Premier League Division One North
21	Altrincham	46	6	6	11	32	44	3	8	12	24	38	−26	41
22	Farsley Celtic (R)	46	6	5	12	27	38	4	4	15	21	48	−38	39	Relegated to Conference North/South
23	Stafford Rangers (R)	46	2	4	17	16	48	3	6	14	26	51	−57	25
24	Droylsden (R)	46	4	5	14	27	45	1	4	18	19	58	−57	24

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Crawley Town deducted 6 points for a breach of financial regulations.
Halifax Town 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 class=notpageimage| 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 200819:451st Leg

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

Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon TrentAttendance: 5,757Referee: S Hooper 6 May 200819:302nd Leg

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

Abbey Stadium, CambridgeAttendance: 7,276Referee: M Mullarkey

Cambridge United won 4–3 on Aggregate.

1 May 200819:451st Leg

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

St James Park, ExeterAttendance: 8,276 5 May 20082nd Leg

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

Plainmoor, TorquayAttendance: 6,015Referee: C Sarginson

Exeter City won 5–3 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

18 May 200816:00

Cambridge United	0–1	Exeter City
	Report	Edwards 22'

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 42,511Referee: 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:

Conference North

Football league season

Conference North
Season	2007–08
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

Teams relegated from 2006–07 Conference National

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	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kettering Town	42	17	1	3	57	19	13	6	2	36	15	+59	97	Conference North Champions, promoted to Conference Premier
2	AFC Telford United	42	14	4	3	45	21	10	4	7	25	22	+27	80	Participated in play-offs
3	Stalybridge Celtic	42	12	4	5	47	24	13	0	8	41	27	+37	79
4	Southport	42	10	8	3	38	21	12	3	6	39	29	+27	77
5	Barrow	42	13	4	4	40	18	8	9	4	30	21	+31	76	Promoted to Conference Premier through play-offs
6	Harrogate Town	42	10	6	5	25	16	11	5	5	30	25	+14	74
7	Nuneaton Borough	42	12	6	3	32	17	7	8	6	26	23	+18	71	Demoted to the Southern League Division One Midlands
8	Burscough	42	8	8	5	33	30	11	0	10	29	28	+4	65
9	Hyde United	42	12	2	7	45	32	8	1	12	39	34	+18	63
10	Boston United	42	12	3	6	39	22	5	5	11	26	35	+8	59	Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division
11	Gainsborough Trinity	42	8	8	5	35	26	7	4	10	27	39	−3	57
12	Worcester City	42	8	7	6	27	30	6	5	10	21	38	−20	54	Transferred to Conference South
13	Redditch United	42	10	4	7	28	24	5	4	12	13	34	−17	53
14	Workington	42	8	4	9	25	20	5	7	9	27	36	−4	50
15	Tamworth	42	9	6	6	31	20	4	5	12	22	39	−6	50
16	Alfreton Town	42	7	5	9	27	26	5	6	10	22	28	−5	47
17	Solihull Moors	42	7	5	9	29	36	5	6	10	21	40	−26	47
18	Blyth Spartans	42	7	2	12	27	31	5	8	8	25	31	−10	46
19	Hinckley United	42	7	4	10	24	28	4	8	9	24	41	−21	45
20	Hucknall Town	42	4	4	13	25	36	7	2	12	28	39	−22	39
21	Vauxhall Motors	42	5	4	12	26	47	2	3	16	16	53	−58	28
22	Leigh RMI	42	5	4	12	21	38	1	4	16	15	49	−51	26	Relegated to Northern Premier League Premier Division

Source:
Notes:

^ New club in the Conference
In June 2008 Nuneaton Borough went into liquidation but was immediately reformed as Nuneaton Town. They underwent a double demotion to the Southern League Division One Midlands, that is, to Level 8 of the English football league system.
Boston United were still in administration by the 2nd Saturday of May in 2008 and were therefore relegated again to the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the 2008–09 season.
Vauxhall Motors were reprieved from relegation due to Nuneaton Borough's liquidation and the Conference's decision to expel Boston United.
Leigh RMI Changed Name to Leigh Genesis from next Season.

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 class=notpageimage| 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 20081st Leg

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

Holker Street, BarrowAttendance: 2,701 4 May 200815:00 BST2nd Leg

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

New Bucks Head, TelfordAttendance: 4,123

Barrow won 4–0 on Aggregate.

30 April 20081st Leg

Southport	1–0	Stalybridge Celtic
Blakeman 36'	Report

Haig Avenue, SouthportAttendance: 1,361 4 May 20082nd 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, StalybridgeAttendance: 1,735Referee: 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, BurtonAttendance: 2,530

Conference South

Football league season

Conference South
Season	2007–08
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

Teams promoted from 2006–07 Isthmian League Premier Division

Teams relegated from 2006–07 Conference National

St Albans City

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lewes	42	14	4	3	37	13	13	4	4	44	26	+42	89	Conference South Champions, promoted to Conference Premier
2	Eastbourne Borough	42	12	6	3	42	15	11	5	5	41	23	+45	80	Promoted to Conference Premier through play-offs
3	Hampton & Richmond Borough	42	10	8	3	49	23	11	6	4	38	26	+38	77	Participated in play-offs
4	Fisher Athletic	42	10	3	8	35	36	12	2	7	30	25	+4	71
5	Braintree Town	42	13	4	4	30	14	6	8	7	22	28	+10	69
6	Eastleigh	42	9	7	5	34	29	10	3	8	42	33	+14	67
7	Havant & Waterlooville	42	14	3	4	33	16	5	7	9	26	37	+6	67
8	Bath City	42	10	8	3	30	12	7	7	7	29	24	+23	66
9	Newport County	42	9	5	7	37	27	9	7	5	27	22	+15	66
10	Bishop's Stortford	42	9	6	6	43	32	9	4	8	29	28	+12	64
11	Bromley	42	11	3	7	44	29	8	4	9	33	37	+11	64
12	Thurrock	42	13	4	4	39	26	5	5	11	24	38	−1	63
13	Hayes & Yeading United	42	7	9	5	40	35	7	3	11	27	38	−6	54
14	Cambridge City	42	8	7	6	43	32	6	3	12	28	40	−1	52	Demoted to the Southern League Premier Division
15	Basingstoke Town	42	8	6	7	33	34	4	8	9	21	41	−21	50
16	Welling United	42	6	5	10	23	34	7	2	12	18	30	−23	46
17	Maidenhead United	42	2	6	13	24	34	9	6	6	32	25	−3	45
18	Bognor Regis Town	42	6	5	10	21	31	5	6	10	28	36	−18	44
19	St Albans City	42	5	5	11	21	35	5	7	9	22	34	−26	42
20	Weston-super-Mare	42	6	4	11	28	38	3	6	12	24	47	−33	37
21	Dorchester Town	42	5	4	12	17	33	3	6	12	19	37	−34	34
22	Sutton United	42	2	3	16	13	45	3	6	12	19	41	−54	24	Relegated to the Isthmian League Premier Division (Level 7)

Source:
Notes:

^ New club in the Conference
Cambridge City demoted for failing to comply to stadium regulations.
Dorchester Town were reprieved from relegation due to Nuneaton Borough's liquidation and the Conference's decision to expel Boston United.

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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football Conference South 2007–2008 teams

Bromley Fisher Athletic Hampton & Richmond Hayes & Yeading Sutton Thurrock Welling class=notpageimage| 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

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 20081st Leg

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

Cressing Road, BraintreeAttendance: 1,017 3 May 20082nd Leg

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

Priory Lane, EastbourneAttendance: 1,802

29 April 20081st Leg

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

Champion Hill, DulwichAttendance: 450 3 May 20082nd 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, HamptonAttendance: 1,489

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

Play-Off Final

8 May 200819:45 GMT

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

Broadhall Way, StevenageAttendance: 1,077

References

^ Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007–2008. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.). Headline, 2008.
^ Soccerbase
Football Conference, 10 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
"England 2007–08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

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