2011–12 Football Conference

The 2011–12 Football Conference season was the eighth season in which the Football Conference consisted of three divisions and the thirty-third season overall. The Conference covers 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 Conference was won by Fleetwood Town who together with York City, the winner of the play-off of the Premier division, were promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four were relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions were promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions were relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.

National League (English football)

Season	2011-2012
← 2010-2011 2012-2013 →

For sponsorship reasons, the Conference Premier is referred to as the Blue Square Bet Premier.

Conference Premier

Conference Premier

Season	2011–12
Champions	Fleetwood Town
Promoted	Fleetwood Town York City
Relegated	Bath City Darlington Hayes & Yeading United Kettering Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,574 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jamie Vardy (31)[1]
Biggest home win	Grimsby Town 7–0 Stockport County (29 November 2011) York City 7–0 Kettering Town (3 December 2011) Mansfield Town 7–0 Barrow (17 March 2012)
Biggest away win	Southport 0–6 Fleetwood Town (1 January 2012)
Highest scoring	Kidderminster Harriers 5–4 Braintree Town (18 October 2011) Alfreton Town 3–6 Mansfield Town (20 March 2012)
Highest attendance	8,415 Luton Town 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers (21 April 2012)
Lowest attendance	172 Hayes & Yeading United 1–1 Bath City (23 August 2011)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from the previous 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 2010–11 Conference North

• Alfreton Town
• AFC Telford United

Teams promoted from 2010–11 Conference South

• Braintree Town
• Ebbsfleet United

Teams relegated from 2010–11 League Two

• Stockport County
• Lincoln City

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fleetwood Town (C, P)	46	31	10	5	102	48	+54	103	Promotion to 2012–13 League Two
2	Wrexham	46	30	8	8	85	33	+52	98	Qualification for Conference Premier Playoffs
3	Mansfield Town	46	25	14	7	87	48	+39	89
4	York City (P)	46	23	14	9	81	45	+36	83
5	Luton Town	46	22	15	9	78	42	+36	81
6	Kidderminster Harriers	46	22	10	14	82	63	+19	76
7	Southport	46	21	13	12	72	69	+3	76
8	Gateshead	46	21	11	14	69	62	+7	74
9	Cambridge United	46	19	14	13	57	41	+16	71
10	Forest Green Rovers	46	19	13	14	66	45	+21	70
11	Grimsby Town	46	19	13	14	79	60	+19	70
12	Braintree Town	46	17	11	18	76	80	−4	62
13	Barrow	46	17	9	20	62	76	−14	60
14	Ebbsfleet United	46	14	12	20	69	84	−15	54
15	Alfreton Town	46	15	9	22	62	86	−24	54
16	Stockport County	46	12	15	19	58	74	−16	51
17	Lincoln City	46	13	10	23	56	66	−10	49
18	Tamworth	46	11	15	20	47	70	−23	48
19	Newport County	46	11	14	21	53	65	−12	47
20	AFC Telford United	46	10	16	20	45	65	−20	46
21	Hayes & Yeading United (R)	46	11	8	27	58	90	−32	41	Relegation to 2012–13 Conference South
22	Darlington[lower-alpha 1] (R)	46	11	13	22	47	73	−26	36	Club folded
23	Bath City (R)	46	7	10	29	43	89	−46	31	Relegation to 2012–13 Conference South
24	Kettering Town[lower-alpha 2] (R)	46	8	9	29	40	100	−60	30	Relegation to 2012–13 Southern League Premier Division

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Darlington were deducted ten points for entering administration.^[2] At the end of the season the club folded, and reformed as Darlington 1883 in the 2012–13 Northern League Division One.
2. Kettering were deducted three points for failing to pay football creditors.^[3] At the end of the season they resigned from the Football Conference, dropping down two divisions.

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	2	Wrexham	0	2	2
	5	Luton Town	2	1	3
								5	Luton Town	1
								4	York City	2
	3	Mansfield Town	1	0	1
	4	York City (a.e.t.)	1	1	2

Semi-finals – 1st leg

York City v Mansfield Town

2 May 2012	York City	1–1	Mansfield Town	Bootham Crescent, York
19:30	Geohaghon 42' (o.g.)	Report	Dyer 26' Green  74'	Attendance: 6,057 Referee: Richard Clark

Luton Town v Wrexham

3 May 2012	Luton Town	2–0	Wrexham	Kenilworth Road, Luton
19:30	Gray 22' Fleetwood 30'	Report		Attendance: 9,012 Referee: Darren Bond

Semi-finals – 2nd leg

Mansfield Town v York City

7 May 2012	Mansfield Town	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	York City	Field Mill, Mansfield
14:00	Sutton  112'	Report	Blair 111'	Attendance: 7,295 Referee: Andy Davies

Wrexham v Luton Town

7 May 2012	Wrexham	2–1	Luton Town	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
16:30	Cieslewicz 63' Morrell 77'	Report	Pilkington 25' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,087 Referee: Steve Bratt

Final

Luton Town v York City

20 May 2012	Luton Town	1–2	York City	Wembley Stadium, London
15:00	Gray 2'		Chambers 26' Blair 47'	Attendance: 39,265 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Stadia and locations

AFC Telford United

Alfreton Town

Barrow

Bath City

Braintree Town

Cambridge United

Darlington

Ebbsfleet United

Fleetwood Town

Forest Green Rovers

Gateshead

Grimsby Town

Hayes & Yeading United

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Mansfield Town

Lincoln City

Luton Town

Newport County

Southport

Stockport County

Tamworth

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Conference Premier 2011–12 teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Stockport County	Edgeley Park	10,852
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,500*
Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	10,226
Lincoln City	Sincil Bank	10,120
Darlington	The Darlington Arena	10,000*
Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	10,000*
Mansfield Town	Field Mill	10,000
Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium	9,617
Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	9,546
Bath City	Twerton Park	8,800
York City	Bootham Crescent	7,872
Kettering Town	Nene Park	6,441
AFC Telford United	New Bucks Head	6,300
Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough	6,238
Hayes & Yeading United	Kingfield Stadium (Woking ground share)	6,036
Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008
Fleetwood Town	Highbury Stadium	5,500
Forest Green Rovers	The New Lawn	5,147
Newport County	Newport Stadium	5,058
Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road	5,011
Barrow	Holker Street	4,256
Braintree Town	Cressing Road	4,145
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,000
Alfreton Town	North Street	3,600

* Restricted due to stadium expansion or FA ruling.

Results

Home \ Away	TEL	ALF	BRW	BAT	BRA	CAM	DAR	EBB	FLE	FGR	GAT	GRI	H&Y	KET	KID	LIN	LUT	MAN	NPC	SOU	STP	TAM	WRE	YOR
AFC Telford United		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	0–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–0
Alfreton Town	0–0		2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–6	1–1	2–5	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	3–6	3–2	0–0	6–1	5–2	1–4	0–2
Barrow	2–1	1–0		0–1	0–4	1–3	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0
Bath City	3–1	0–3	0–1		1–1	3–4	2–0	2–3	1–4	0–2	4–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1
Braintree Town	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–3		3–2	3–1	2–3	1–2	1–5	3–1	5–0	0–3	2–1	1–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–1
Cambridge United	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0		2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1
Darlington	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0		0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	2–0	2–4	2–2
Ebbsfleet United	3–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–3		1–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–3	2–3	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–5	1–2
Fleetwood Town	2–2	4–0	4–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	6–2		0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	5–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0
Forest Green Rovers	2–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–2		2–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1
Gateshead	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–0	3–0	2–3	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–4	3–2
Grimsby Town	2–0	5–2	5–2	6–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–3	0–2	2–1	2–0		3–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	7–0	0–0	1–3	2–3
Hayes & Yeading United	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–2		1–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–4
Kettering Town	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–3	2–1	1–2	3–5		0–1	1–0	0–5	0–3	3–2	2–3	1–3	0–2	0–1	1–5
Kidderminster Harriers	2–2	3–1	1–2	4–1	5–4	0–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	6–1		1–1	1–2	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
Lincoln City	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	0–1	5–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	0–2
Luton Town	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	4–2	5–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	2–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2
Mansfield Town	1–1	3–2	7–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	5–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–1		5–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1
Newport County	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–0		0–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1
Southport	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–0	2–0	3–3	0–6	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	3–3	3–1	1–1		5–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Stockport County	2–2	0–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	0–1	3–4	1–1	2–4	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1		2–0	1–0	1–2
Tamworth	2–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1		1–2	2–1
Wrexham	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0		0–3
York City	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	6–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	7–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Conference North

Conference North

Season	2011–12
Champions	Hyde
Promoted	Hyde Nuneaton Town
Relegated	Blyth Spartans Eastwood Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,482 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Damian Reeves (44)[4]
Biggest home win	Corby Town 6–1 Bishop's Stortford (17 August 2011) Guiseley 5–0 Blyth Spartans (23 August 2011) Bishop's Stortford 5–0 Hinckley United (29 August 2011) Corby Town 5–0 Eastwood Town (29 August 2011) Altrincham 6–1 Boston United (8 October 2011) FC Halifax Town 6–1 Hinckley United (17 December 2011) Bishop's Stortford 5–0 Droylsden (3 March 2012) Hyde 5–0 Bishop's Stortford (31 March 2012)
Biggest away win	Colwyn Bay 1–6 Altrincham (20 September 2011) Eastwood Town 1–6 Gainsborough Trinity (25 October 2011) Eastwood Town 0–5 Nuneaton Town (3 December 2011) Colwyn Bay 1–6 Nuneaton Town (18 February 2012) Colwyn Bay 0–5 Hinckley United (17 March 2012) Eastwood Town 1–6 Hinckley United (21 April 2012)
Highest scoring	Hinckley United 5–5 Stalybridge Celtic (21 January 2012) Histon 5–5 Droylsden (17 April 2012)
Highest attendance	1,868 Hyde 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic (26 December 2011)
Lowest attendance	141 Colwyn Bay 4–1 Bishop's Stortford (6 March 2012)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 sides who competed in the 2010–11 season, one transferred from the Conference South, two relegated from the Conference Premier and two promoted from the Northern Premier League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2010–11 Northern Premier League Premier Division

• FC Halifax Town
• Colwyn Bay

Teams relegated from 2010–11 Conference Premier

• Altrincham
• Histon

Teams transferred from 2010–11 Conference South

• Bishop's Stortford

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hyde (C, P)	42	27	9	6	90	36	+54	90	Promotion to Conference Premier
2	Guiseley	42	25	10	7	87	50	+37	85	Qualification for Conference North Playoffs
3	FC Halifax Town	42	21	11	10	80	59	+21	74
4	Gainsborough Trinity	42	23	5	14	74	61	+13	74
5	Nuneaton Town[lower-alpha 1] (P)	42	22	12	8	74	41	+33	72
6	Stalybridge Celtic	42	20	11	11	83	64	+19	71
7	Worcester City	42	18	11	13	63	58	+5	65
8	Altrincham	42	17	10	15	90	71	+19	61
9	Droylsden	42	16	11	15	83	86	−3	59
10	Bishop's Stortford	42	17	7	18	70	75	−5	58
11	Boston United	42	15	9	18	60	67	−7	54
12	Colwyn Bay	42	15	8	19	55	70	−15	53
13	Workington	42	14	10	18	56	61	−5	52
14	Gloucester City	42	15	7	20	53	60	−7	52
15	Harrogate Town	42	14	10	18	59	69	−10	52
16	Histon	42	12	15	15	67	72	−5	51
17	Corby Town	42	14	8	20	65	71	−6	50
18	Vauxhall Motors	42	14	8	20	63	78	−15	50
19	Solihull Moors	42	13	10	19	44	54	−10	49
20	Hinckley United	42	13	9	20	75	90	−15	48
21	Blyth Spartans (R)	42	7	13	22	50	80	−30	34	Relegation to Northern Premier League Premier Division
22	Eastwood Town (R)	42	4	8	30	37	105	−68	20

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nuneaton Town deducted 6 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[5]

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	2	Guiseley	1	0	1
	5	Nuneaton Town (a.e.t.)	1	1	2
								4	Gainsborough Trinity	0
								5	Nuneaton Town	1
	3	FC Halifax Town	2	0	2
	4	Gainsborough Trinity	2	1	3

Semi-finals – 1st leg

Gainsborough Trinity v FC Halifax Town

2 May 2012	Gainsborough Trinity	2–2	FC Halifax Town	The Northolme, Gainsborough
19:45	Connor 6', 12'	Report	Gregory 43', 84'	Attendance: 2,380

Nuneaton Town v Guiseley

2 May 2012	Nuneaton Town	1–1	Guiseley	Liberty Way, Nuneaton
19:45	Glover 2'	Report	Wilson 90+2'	Attendance: 1,476

Semi-finals – 2nd leg

FC Halifax Town v Gainsborough Trinity

6 May 2012	FC Halifax Town	0–1	Gainsborough Trinity	The Shay, Halifax
15:00			Clarke 64'	Attendance: 3,468[6]

Guiseley v Nuneaton Town

6 May 2012	Guiseley	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Nuneaton Town	Nethermoor Park, Guiseley
15:00		Report	Brown 117'	Attendance: 1,676

Final

Gainsborough Trinity v Nuneaton Town

13 May 2012	Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	Nuneaton Town	The Northolme, Gainsborough
15:00				Attendance: 3,946[7]

Stadia and locations

Altrincham

Bishop's Stortford

Blyth Spartans

Boston United

Colwyn Bay

Corby Town

Droylsden

Eastwood Town

Gainsborough Trinity

Gloucester City

Guiseley

FC Halifax Town

Harrogate Town

Hinckley United

Histon

Hyde

Nuneaton Town

Solihull Moors

Stalybridge Celtic

Vauxhall Motors

Worcester City

Workington

Locations of the Conference North 2011–12 teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
FC Halifax Town	The Shay	10,061
Gloucester City	Whaddon Road (Groundshare with Cheltenham Town)	7,066
Boston United	York Street	6,643
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
Eastwood Town	Coronation Park	5,000
Worcester City	St George's Lane	4,749
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,450
Nuneaton Town	Liberty Way	4,350
Hinckley United	De Montfort Park	4,329
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,304
Hyde	Ewen Fields	4,250
Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,000
Corby Town	Steel Park	3,893
Histon	Bridge Road	3,800
Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road	3,300
Workington	Borough Park	3,101
Solihull Moors	Damson Park	3,050
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	3,000
Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	2,500
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park	2,500

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BST	BLY	BOS	COL	COR	DRO	EAS	HAL	GAI	GLO	GUI	HAR	HIN	HIS	HYD	NUN	SOL	STL	VAU	WRC	WRK
Altrincham		0–2	2–1	6–1	3–4	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–2	5–2	2–2	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–1
Bishop's Stortford	1–0		3–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	5–0	4–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	4–1	3–4	5–0	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–1
Blyth Spartans	1–1	3–1		1–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	3–3	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–3
Boston United	1–1	0–2	1–1		2–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–3	2–1
Colwyn Bay	1–6	4–1	0–2	3–2		0–2	6–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–2	0–5	2–1	0–1	1–6	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0
Corby Town	1–3	6–1	4–0	1–2	1–0		5–2	5–0	2–4	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–3	3–3
Droylsden	3–1	2–2	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–1		3–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–3	2–1	1–0	3–3	5–2	4–1	1–1
Eastwood Town	1–6	3–4	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–4	2–2		2–2	1–6	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–2	0–5	1–1	0–1	2–4	0–1	0–3
FC Halifax Town	2–4	0–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1		2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	6–1	4–0	3–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–5	2–1	3–1
Gainsborough Trinity	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–1		1–4	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Gloucester City	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2		2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–0
Guiseley	3–2	0–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–3	1–2	3–4	2–0	3–2		2–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–1
Harrogate Town	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	4–0	6–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–4		2–1	0–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–0
Hinckley United	1–4	1–3	1–3	1–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	4–0	3–2	3–0	2–3	0–1	1–2		0–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	5–5	2–2	2–3	4–2
Histon	2–3	2–3	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–1	5–5	3–0	1–4	1–1	4–3	2–2	4–0	2–3		1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–3	1–5	2–0
Hyde	2–1	5–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–2	4–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	4–0	4–0		1–1	3–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	4–0
Nuneaton Town	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–5	3–2	2–0		0–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1
Solihull Moors	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	5–3	1–0	0–1	5–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–0		1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1
Stalybridge Celtic	5–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	0–3	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–3	4–1	2–0		4–2	2–0	1–3
Vauxhall Motors	2–2	4–3	2–1	0–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–0		3–2	0–1
Worcester City	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0		0–1
Workington	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–5	2–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Conference South

Conference South

Season	2011–12
Champions	Woking
Promoted	Woking Dartford
Relegated	Hampton & Richmond Borough Thurrock
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,361 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Francis Collin (28)[8]
Biggest home win	Truro City 8–2 Farnborough (25 October 2011) Dartford 6–0 Thurrock (28 January 2012)
Biggest away win	Sutton United 0–5 Woking (13 August 2011)
Highest scoring	Truro City 8–2 Farnborough (25 October 2011)
Highest attendance	4,048 Woking 3–3 Truro City (21 April 2012)
Lowest attendance	156 Thurrock 0–3 Weston-super-Mare (20 August 2011) Thurrock 1–1 Maidenhead United (18 February 2012)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 17 previously competing sides, one relegated from the Conference Premier and four promoted from the lower leagues.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2010–11 Isthmian League Premier Division

• Sutton United
• Tonbridge Angels

Teams promoted from 2010–11 Southern League Premier Division

• Truro City
• Salisbury City

Teams relegated from 2010–11 Conference Premier

• Eastbourne Borough

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Woking (C, P)	42	30	7	5	92	41	+51	97	Promotion to 2012–13 Conference Premier
2	Dartford (P)	42	26	10	6	89	40	+49	88	Qualification for Conference South Playoffs
3	Welling United	42	24	9	9	79	47	+32	81
4	Sutton United	42	20	14	8	68	53	+15	74
5	Basingstoke Town	42	20	11	11	65	50	+15	71
6	Chelmsford City	42	18	13	11	67	44	+23	67
7	Dover Athletic	42	17	15	10	62	49	+13	66
8	Boreham Wood	42	17	10	15	66	58	+8	61
9	Tonbridge Angels	42	15	12	15	70	67	+3	57
10	Salisbury City	42	15	12	15	55	54	+1	57
11	Dorchester Town	42	16	8	18	58	65	−7	56
12	Eastleigh	42	15	9	18	57	63	−6	54
13	Weston-super-Mare	42	14	9	19	58	71	−13	51
14	Truro City	42	13	9	20	65	80	−15	48
15	Staines Town	42	12	10	20	53	63	−10	46
16	Farnborough[lower-alpha 1]	42	15	6	21	52	79	−27	46
17	Bromley	42	10	15	17	52	66	−14	45
18	Eastbourne Borough	42	12	9	21	54	69	−15	45
19	Havant & Waterlooville	42	11	11	20	64	75	−11	44
20	Maidenhead United	42	11	10	21	49	74	−25	43
21	Hampton & Richmond Borough (R)	42	10	12	20	53	69	−16	42	Relegation to 2012–13 Isthmian League
22	Thurrock (R)	42	5	11	26	33	84	−51	26

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Farnborough deducted 5 points for breach of league financial rules.^[9]

Play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	2	Dartford	1	2	3
	5	Basingstoke Town	0	1	1
								2	Dartford	1
								3	Welling United	0
	3	Welling United	2	0	2
	4	Sutton United	1	0	1

Semi-finals – 1st leg

Basingstoke Town v Dartford

2 May 2012	Basingstoke Town	0–1	Dartford	The Camrose, Basingstoke
19:45		Report	Noble 45'	Attendance: 1,691

Sutton United v Welling United

2 May 2012	Sutton United	1–2	Welling United	Gander Green Lane, Sutton
19:45	Holloway 66' (o.g.)	Report	Clarke 24' Healy 70'	Attendance: 1,455

Semi-finals – 2nd leg

Dartford v Basingstoke Town

6 May 2012	Dartford	2–1	Basingstoke Town	Princes Park, Dartford
15:00	Bradbrook 57' Wilkinson 73'	Report	McAuley 68'	Attendance: 2,210

Welling United v Sutton United

6 May 2012	Welling United	0–0	Sutton United	Park View Road, Welling
15:00		Report		Attendance: 1,408

Final

Dartford v Welling United

13 May 2012	Dartford	1–0	Welling United	Princes Park, Dartford
15:00	Noble 4'			Attendance: 4,088

Stadia and locations

London

Basingstoke

Chelmsford

Dorchester Town

Dover

Eastbourne Borough

Eastleigh

Farnborough

Havant & Waterlooville

Maidenhead United

Salisbury City

Tonbridge Angels

Truro City

Weston-super-Mare

Woking

London teams
Boreham Wood
Bromley
Dartford
Hampton & Richmond
Staines Town
Sutton United
Welling United
Thurrock

Locations of the Conference South 2011–12 teams. (London area teams shown in more detail below)

Boreham Wood

Bromley

Dartford

Hampton & Richmond

Staines Town

Sutton United

Welling United

Thurrock

Locations of the Conference South 2011–12 teams (London area clubs)

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Sutton United	Gander Green Lane	7,032
Dover Athletic	Crabble Stadium	6,500
Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,036
Basingstoke Town	The Camrose	6,000
Havant & Waterlooville	West Leigh Park	5,250
Dorchester Town	Avenue Stadium	5,009
Bromley	Hayes Lane	5,000
Boreham Wood	Meadow Park	4,502
Welling United	Park View Road	4,500
Eastbourne Borough	Priory Lane	4,134
Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Farnborough	Cherrywood Road	4,000
Salisbury City	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	3,500
Thurrock	Ship Lane	3,500
Truro City	Treyew Road	3,500
Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Chelmsford City	Melbourne Stadium	3,000
Eastleigh	Silverlake Stadium	3,000
Hampton & Richmond Borough	Beveree Stadium	3,000
Maidenhead United	York Road	3,000
Staines Town	Wheatsheaf Park	3,000
Tonbridge Angels	Longmead Stadium	3,000

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BOR	BRO	CHE	DAR	DOR	DOV	EAB	EAS	FAR	H&R	H&W	MDH	SAL	STA	SUT	THU	TON	TRU	WEL	WSM	WOK
Basingstoke Town		1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–3	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–3
Boreham Wood	1–1		2–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	6–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–2
Bromley	1–3	4–0		1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–4
Chelmsford City	0–1	0–0	6–1		0–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	2–3	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	2–3
Dartford	4–1	2–2	3–1	0–0		1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	6–1	6–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–3
Dorchester Town	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0		1–1	0–3	1–3	3–3	1–0	3–6	4–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–3	3–2	1–3	0–1
Dover Athletic	0–0	0–2	4–1	2–1	2–2	4–0		1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–3
Eastbourne Borough	0–2	3–2	5–0	1–3	0–1	1–4	2–2		3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–3	1–2	2–1
Eastleigh	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–1		0–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–2	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–1	0–0
Farnborough	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–3		0–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–2	3–2	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–1
Hampton & Richmond Borough	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	1–0		3–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–3	0–2	3–1	1–1
Havant & Waterlooville	0–1	2–4	1–2	2–3	0–4	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	5–0	2–2		2–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–4
Maidenhead United	1–1	0–3	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	1–0	4–3	3–4	0–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–1
Salisbury City	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	4–2	4–1	0–2		1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0
Staines Town	0–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–1		1–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–1
Sutton United	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	5–0	1–0		1–1	0–1	2–2	4–3	3–2	0–5
Thurrock	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–4	1–4	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1		0–0	1–1	1–4	0–3	1–1
Tonbridge Angels	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	5–1	4–0	1–5	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	1–4	3–2		3–0	1–1	3–0	3–6
Truro City	2–5	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	8–2	3–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–0		2–3	0–1	1–4
Welling United	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	5–1		2–0	3–2
Weston-super-Mare	2–1	4–1	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	3–3	0–0	5–2	1–2	3–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–0		0–3
Woking	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	4–1	5–1	2–1	3–3	2–1	4–1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: Football Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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