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2003-04 |
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Football Conference |
Nationwide |
Before this season
Accrington Stanley joined from Northern Premier League
Aldershot Town joined from Isthmian League
Doncaster Rovers left to join Football League
Exeter City joined from Football League
Kettering Town left to join Isthmian League
Nuneaton Borough left to join Southern League
Shrewsbury Town joined from Football League
Southport left to join Northern Premier League
Tamworth joined from Southern League
Yeovil Town left to join Football League
Final League Table
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Chester City 42 27 11 4 85 34 92
2 Hereford United 42 28 7 7 103 44 91
3 Shrewsbury Town 42 20 14 8 67 42 74
4 Barnet 42 19 14 9 60 46 71
5 Aldershot Town 42 20 10 12 80 67 70
6 Exeter City 42 19 12 11 71 57 69
7 Morecambe 42 20 7 15 66 66 67
8 Stevenage Borough 42 18 9 15 58 52 63
9 Woking 42 15 16 11 65 52 61
10 Accrington Stanley 42 15 13 14 68 61 58
11 Gravesend & Northfleet 42 14 15 13 69 66 57
12 Telford United 42 15 10 17 49 51 55
13 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 15 9 18 59 64 54
14 Burton Albion 42 15 7 20 57 59 51 *
15 Scarborough 42 12 15 15 51 54 51
16 Margate 42 14 9 19 56 64 51
17 Tamworth 42 13 10 19 49 68 49
18 Forest Green Rovers 42 12 12 18 58 80 48
19 Halifax Town 42 12 8 22 43 65 44
20 Farnborough Town 42 10 9 23 53 74 39
21 Leigh R M I 42 7 8 27 46 97 29
22 Northwich Victoria 42 4 11 27 30 80 23
* - Burton Albion 1 point deducted
Play-off Semi-Finals
Aldershot Town 1 Hereford United 1, Hereford United 0 Aldershot Town 0
(Aggregate 1-1, Aldershot Town won 4-2 on penalties)
Barnet 2 Shrewsbury Town 1, Shrewsbury Town 1 Barnet 0
(Aggregate 2-2, Shrewsbury Town won 5-3 on penalties)
Play-off Final
Aldershot Town 1 Shrewsbury Town 1 (Shrewsbury Town won 3-0 on penalties) (@ Stoke City)
Following this season
- Canvey Island joined from Isthmian League
- Carlisle United joined from Football League
- Chester City left to join Football League
- Crawley Town joined from Southern League
- Margate dropped to new Southern Division due to ground grading issues.
- Shrewsbury Town left to join Football League
- Telford United folded
- York City joined from Football League
- Two new divisions formed - North and South.
- Northern Division founder members - Alfreton Town (Northern Premier League), Altrincham (Northern Premier League),
Ashton United (Northern Premier League), Barrow (Northern Premier League), Bradford Park Avenue
(Northern Premier League), Droylsden (Northern Premier League), Gainsborough Trinity (Northern Premier
League), Harrogate Town (Northern Premier League), Hinckley United (Southern League), Hucknall Town
(Northern Premier League), Kettering Town (Southern League), Lancaster City (Northern Premier League),
Moor Green (Southern League), Nuneaton Borough (Southern League), Redditch United (Southern League),
Runcorn Halton (Northern Premier League), Stafford Rangers (Northern Premier League), Stalybridge Celtic
(Northern Premier League), Vauxhall Motors (Northern Premier League), Worcester City (Southern League) and
Worksop Town (Northern Premier League)
- Southern Division founder members -
Basingstoke Town (Isthmian League), Bishop's Stortford (Isthmian League), Bognor Regis Town (Isthmian League),
Cambridge City (Southern League), Carshalton Athletic (Isthmian League), Dorchester Town (Southern League),
Eastbourne Borough (Southern League), Grays Athletic (Isthmian League), Havant & Waterlooville (Southern League),
Hayes (Isthmian League), Hornchurch (Isthmian League), Lewes (Isthmian League), Maidenhead United (Isthmian League),
Margate (Football Conference National), Newport County (Southern League), Redbridge (formerly Ford United, Isthmian League),
St Albans City (Isthmian League), Sutton United (Isthmian League), Thurrock (Isthmian League), Welling United
(Southern League), Weston-super-Mare (Southern League), Weymouth (Southern League)
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