2014–15 Football Conference


The 2014–15 Football Conference season was the eleventh season with the Football Conference consisting of three divisions and the thirty-fifth season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of non-League football in England. The Conference Premier was the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, while the Conference North and Conference South existed at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the play-off of the Premier division are promoted to League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions are promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.
Barnet returned to the Football League as champions after two seasons in the Conference, while playoff winners Bristol Rovers returned after a single season, their only season outside the Football League since being admitted in 1920.

Conference Premier

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2013–14 Conference North
Teams promoted from 2013–14 Conference South
Teams relegated from 2013–14 League Two
Expelled from Conference Premier

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Results

Stadia and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
AFC Telford UnitedNew Bucks Head6,300
Aldershot TownRecreation Ground7,100
Alfreton TownNorth Street3,600
AltrinchamMoss Lane6,085
BarnetThe Hive Stadium5,100
Braintree TownCressing Road4,202
Bristol RoversMemorial Stadium12,011
ChesterDeva Stadium6,000
DartfordPrinces Park4,100
Dover AthleticCrabble Athletic Ground6,500
EastleighTen Acres5,200
FC Halifax TownThe Shay14,061
Forest Green RoversThe New Lawn5,147
GatesheadGateshead International Stadium10,000
Grimsby TownBlundell Park9,546
Kidderminster HarriersAggborough Stadium6,238
Lincoln CitySincil Bank10,120
Macclesfield TownMoss Rose6,355
Nuneaton TownLiberty Way4,314
SouthportHaig Avenue6,008
Torquay UnitedPlainmoor6,500
Welling UnitedPark View Road4,000
WokingKingfield Stadium6,036
WrexhamRacecourse Ground10,771

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1John AkindeBarnet31
2Jon ParkinForest Green Rovers25
3Scott RendellWoking24
4James ConstableEastleigh18
4Tony GrayAFC Telford United18
4Damian ReevesAltrincham18
4Matty TaylorBristol Rovers18
8Lenell John-LewisGrimsby Town16
8Louis MoultWrexham16
10Stefan PayneDover Athletic15
10Brett WilliamsAldershot Town15

Conference North

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2013–14 Northern Premier League Premier Division
  • Chorley
  • AFC Fylde
Teams promoted from 2013–14 Isthmian League Premier Division
  • Lowestoft Town
Teams relegated from 2013–14 Conference Premier
  • Tamworth
  • Hyde

    League table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Results

Stadia and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
AFC FyldeKellamergh Park3,180
BarrowHolker Street5,000
Boston UnitedYork Street6,643
Brackley TownSt. James Park3,500
Bradford Park AvenueHorsfall Stadium3,500
ChorleyVictory Park4,100
Colwyn BayLlanelian Road2,500
Gainsborough TrinityThe Northolme4,304
Gloucester CityWhaddon Road7,066
GuiseleyNethermoor Park3,000
Harrogate TownWetherby Road3,800
Hednesford TownKeys Park6,500
HydeEwen Fields4,250
LeamingtonNew Windmill Ground2,300
Lowestoft TownCrown Meadow3,000
North Ferriby UnitedGrange Lane2,700
Oxford CityCourt Place Farm2,000
Solihull MoorsDamson Park3,050
Stalybridge CelticBower Fold6,500
Stockport CountyEdgeley Park10,841
TamworthThe Lamb Ground4,000
Worcester CityAggborough Stadium6,302

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Omar BogleSolihull Moors29
2Dayle SouthwellBoston United28
3Danny RoweAFC Fylde26
3Adi YussufOxford City26
5Adam BoyesGuiseley23
5Andy CookBarrow23
7Ritchie AllenAFC Fylde20
7James DeanChorley20
9Obi AnoruoColwyn Bay18
9Tom DentonNorth Ferriby United18

Conference South

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2013–14 Isthmian League Premier Division
  • Wealdstone
Teams promoted from 2013–14 Southern League Premier Division
  • Hemel Hempstead Town
  • St Albans City
The division ran one club short due to the expulsion of Salisbury City.

League table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Results

Stadia and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
Basingstoke TownThe Camrose6,000
Bath CityTwerton Park8,840
Bishop's StortfordWoodside Park4,525
Boreham WoodMeadow Park4,502
BromleyHayes Lane6,000
Chelmsford CityMelbourne Stadium3,019
Concord RangersThames Road1,500
Eastbourne BoroughPriory Lane4,134
Ebbsfleet UnitedStonebridge Road5,011
FarnboroughCherrywood Road4,000
Gosport BoroughPrivett Park4,500
Havant & WaterloovilleWest Leigh Park5,250
Hayes & Yeading UnitedYork Road3,000
Hemel Hempstead TownVauxhall Road3,152
Maidenhead UnitedYork Road3,000
St Albans CityClarence Park4,500
Staines TownWheatsheaf Park3,009
Sutton UnitedGander Green Lane5,013
WealdstoneThe Vale2,640
Weston-super-MareWoodspring Stadium3,500
WhitehawkThe Enclosed Ground2,000

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Justin BennettGosport Borough24
2Lee AngolBoreham Wood23
3Jordan ParkesHemel Hempstead Town20
3Dave TarpeyMaidenhead United20
5Danny MillsWhitehawk18
5David PrattBath City18
7Jake RobinsonWhitehawk17
8Moses AdemolaBromley15
8Michael CheekChelmsford City15
8Scott DonnellyHavant & Waterlooville15
8Matt PatersonGosport Borough15