1989–90 Football Conference

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Season 1989–90 FA Trophy winners Barrow		Promoted to the Football League Darlington

Champions Darlington (1st Football Conference title) Conference League Cup winners Yeading (Isthmian League) Relegated toLevel 6 Chorley,Enfield,Farnborough Town

The Football Conference season of 1989–90 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Football Conference.

Overview

Darlington, relegated to the Conference from the Fourth Division a year earlier, finished the season as Conference champions and regained their Football League status at the first attempt – just as Lincoln City had done two years earlier. Coming down to the Conference from the Football League were the bottom placed Fourth Division club Colchester United.

New teams in the league this season

Barrow (promoted 1988–89)

Darlington (relegated from the Football League 1988–89)

Farnborough Town (promoted 1988–89)

Merthyr Tydfil (promoted 1988–89)

Final league table

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.

Results

Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co., London and Sydney, 1991.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.