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 AFC Telford United (League Champions) Altrincham (Play-off Winners)
Teams promoted from 2013–14 Conference South Eastleigh (League Champions) Dover Athletic (Play-off Winners)
Teams relegated from 2013–14 League Two Bristol Rovers Torquay United
Expelled from Conference Premier Hereford UnitedHereford expelled from Football Conference Salisbury CitySalisbury demoted down to Conference South
League table
Play-offs
First leg
Second leg
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity AFC Telford United New Bucks Head 6,300 Aldershot Town Recreation Ground 7,100 Alfreton Town North Street 3,600 Altrincham Moss Lane 6,085 Barnet The Hive Stadium 5,100 Braintree Town Cressing Road 4,202 Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium 12,011 Chester Deva Stadium 6,000 Dartford Princes Park 4,100 Dover Athletic Crabble Athletic Ground 6,500 Eastleigh Ten Acres 5,200 FC Halifax Town The Shay 14,061 Forest Green Rovers The New Lawn 5,147 Gateshead Gateshead International Stadium 10,000 Grimsby Town Blundell Park 9,546 Kidderminster Harriers Aggborough Stadium 6,238 Lincoln City Sincil Bank 10,120 Macclesfield Town Moss Rose 6,355 Nuneaton Town Liberty Way 4,314 Southport Haig Avenue 6,008 Torquay United Plainmoor 6,500 Welling United Park View Road 4,000 Woking Kingfield Stadium 6,036 Wrexham Racecourse Ground 10,771
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 John AkindeBarnet312 Jon ParkinForest Green Rovers253 Scott RendellWoking244 James ConstableEastleigh18 Tony GrayAFC Telford United Damian ReevesAltrincham Matty TaylorBristol Rovers8 Lenell John-LewisGrimsby Town16 Louis MoultWrexham10 Stefan PayneDover Athletic15 Brett WilliamsAldershot Town
Conference North
Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2013–14 Northern Premier League Premier Division Chorley (League Champions) AFC Fylde (Play-off Winners) Teams promoted from 2013–14 Isthmian League Premier Division Lowestoft Town (Play-off Winners) Teams relegated from 2013–14 Conference Premier Tamworth Hyde
League table
Play-offs
First leg
Second leg
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity AFC Fylde Kellamergh Park 3,180 Barrow Holker Street 5,000 Boston United York Street 6,643 Brackley Town St. James Park 3,500 Bradford Park Avenue Horsfall Stadium 3,500 Chorley Victory Park 4,100 Colwyn Bay Llanelian Road 2,500 Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme 4,304 Gloucester City Whaddon Road 7,066 Guiseley Nethermoor Park 3,000 Harrogate Town Wetherby Road 3,800 Hednesford Town Keys Park 6,500 Hyde Ewen Fields 4,250 Leamington New Windmill Ground 2,300 Lowestoft Town Crown Meadow 3,000 North Ferriby United Grange Lane 2,700 Oxford City Court Place Farm 2,000 Solihull Moors Damson Park 3,050 Stalybridge Celtic Bower Fold 6,500 Stockport County Edgeley Park 10,841 Tamworth The Lamb Ground 4,000 Worcester City Aggborough Stadium 6,302
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Omar BogleSolihull Moors292 Dayle SouthwellBoston United283 Danny RoweAFC Fylde26 Adi YussufOxford City5 Adam BoyesGuiseley23 Andy CookBarrow7 Ritchie AllenAFC Fylde20 James DeanChorley9 Obi AnoruoColwyn Bay18 Tom DentonNorth Ferriby United
Conference South
Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2013–14 Isthmian League Premier Division Wealdstone (League Champions) Teams promoted from 2013–14 Southern League Premier Division Hemel Hempstead Town (League Champions) St Albans City (Play-off Winners)
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
Team Stadium Capacity Basingstoke Town The Camrose 6,000 Bath City Twerton Park 8,840 Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park 4,525 Boreham Wood Meadow Park 4,502 Bromley Hayes Lane 6,000 Chelmsford City Melbourne Stadium 3,019 Concord Rangers Thames Road 1,500 Eastbourne Borough Priory Lane 4,134 Ebbsfleet United Stonebridge Road 5,011 Farnborough Cherrywood Road 4,000 Gosport Borough Privett Park 4,500 Havant & Waterlooville West Leigh Park 5,250 Hayes & Yeading United York Road 3,000 Hemel Hempstead Town Vauxhall Road 3,152 Maidenhead United York Road 3,000 St Albans City Clarence Park 4,500 Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park 3,009 Sutton United Gander Green Lane 5,013 Wealdstone The Vale 2,640 Weston-super-Mare Woodspring Stadium 3,500 Whitehawk The Enclosed Ground 2,000
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Justin BennettGosport Borough242 Lee AngolBoreham Wood233 Jordan ParkesHemel Hempstead Town20 Dave TarpeyMaidenhead United5 Danny MillsWhitehawk18 David PrattBath City7 Jake RobinsonWhitehawk178 Moses AdemolaBromley15 Michael CheekChelmsford City Scott DonnellyHavant & Waterlooville Matt PatersonGosport Borough
References