2013–14 Football Conference


The 2013–14 Football Conference season is the tenth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions and the thirty-fourth 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 top team and the winner of the playoff of the Premier division will be promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be 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.
Skrill will sponsor the Conference for this season and the divisions will now be known as the Skrill Premier, the Skrill North and the Skrill South. Skrill terminated the sponsorship deal early, meaning a new title sponsor must be found for next season.

Conference Premier

A total of 24 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South. Of the 24 clubs, 14 employed their players as full-time professionals, namely Aldershot, Barnet, Cambridge, Forest Green, Gateshead, Grimsby, Hereford, Kidderminster, Lincoln, Luton, Macclesfield, Salisbury, Tamworth and Wrexham. The remainder were semi-professional, training two or three times a week.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2012–13 Conference North
Teams promoted from 2012–13 Conference South
Teams relegated from 2012–13 Football League Two

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Stadia and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
WrexhamRacecourse Ground15,500
F.C. Halifax TownThe Shay14,061
GatesheadGateshead International Stadium11,800
Luton TownKenilworth Road10,226
Lincoln CitySincil Bank10,120
Cambridge UnitedAbbey Stadium9,617
Grimsby TownBlundell Park9,546
Aldershot TownEBB Stadium7,100
Macclesfield TownMoss Rose6,355
Kidderminster HarriersAggborough6,238
WokingKingfield Stadium6,036
SouthportHaig Avenue6,008
ChesterDeva Stadium6,000
Hereford UnitedEdgar Street5,966
Forest Green RoversThe New Lawn5,147
BarnetThe Hive Stadium5,100
Salisbury CityThe Raymond McEnhill Stadium5,000
Nuneaton TownLiberty Way4,314
HydeEwen Fields4,250
Braintree TownCressing Road4,145
DartfordPrinces Park4,100
TamworthThe Lamb Ground4,000
Welling UnitedPark View Road4,000
Alfreton TownNorth Street3,600

Results

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Andre GrayLuton Town30
2Lee GregoryFC Halifax Town29
3Brett WilliamsAldershot Town24
4James NorwoodForest Green Rovers18
4John AkindeAlfreton Town18
4Scott BodenMacclesfield Town18
4Ben TomlinsonLincoln City18
8Paul BensonLuton Town17
8Louis MoultNuneaton Town17
8Scott RendellWoking17

Conference North

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2012–13 Northern Premier League Premier Division
Teams promoted from 2012–13 Southern League Premier Division
Teams relegated from 2012–13 Conference Premier
On 4 April 2014, the Football Conference confirmed that they had accepted the resignation of Vauxhall Motors from the league and that, as a result, only the bottom two clubs would be relegated.

League table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Stadia and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
AFC Telford UnitedNew Bucks Head6,300
AltrinchamMoss Lane6,085
BarrowHolker Street5,000
Boston UnitedYork Street6,643
Brackley TownSt. James Park3,500
Bradford Park AvenueHorsfall Stadium3,500
Colwyn BayLlanelian Road2,500
Gainsborough TrinityThe Northolme4,304
Gloucester CityWhaddon Road7,066
GuiseleyNethermoor Park3,000
Harrogate TownWetherby Road3,800
Hednesford TownKeys Park6,500
HistonBridge Road4,300
LeamingtonNew Windmill Ground2,300
North Ferriby UnitedGrange Lane2,700
Oxford CityCourt Place Farm2,000
Solihull MoorsDamson Park3,050
Stalybridge CelticBower Fold6,500
Stockport CountyEdgeley Park10,841
Vauxhall MotorsRivacre Park3,300
Worcester CityAggborough6,302
WorkingtonBorough Park3,101

Results

Conference South

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2012–13 Isthmian League Premier Division
Teams promoted from 2012–13 Southern League Premier Division
Teams relegated from 2012–13 Conference Premier
Teams transferred from 2012–13 Conference North

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Stadia and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
Basingstoke TownThe Camrose6,000
Bath CityTwerton Park8,840
Bishop's StortfordProKit UK Stadium4,525
Boreham WoodMeadow Park4,502
BromleyCourage Stadium6,000
Chelmsford CityMelbourne Stadium3,019
Concord RangersThames Road1,500
Dorchester TownThe Avenue Stadium5,009
Dover AthleticCrabble Athletic Ground6,500
Eastbourne BoroughLangney Sports Club4,134
EastleighSilverlake Stadium3,500
Ebbsfleet UnitedStonebridge Road4,100
FarnboroughCherrywood Stadium4,000
Gosport BoroughPrivett Park4,500
Havant & WaterloovilleWest Leigh Park5,250
Hayes & Yeading UnitedKingfield Stadium6,036
Maidenhead UnitedYork Road3,000
Staines TownWheatsheaf Park3,009
Sutton UnitedGander Green Lane7,032
Tonbridge AngelsLongmead Stadium3,000
Weston-super-MareWoodspring Stadium3,500
WhitehawkThe Enclosed Ground2,000

Results