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(Top) 1 Conference Premier 1.1 Promotion and relegation 1.2 League table 1.3 Play-offs 1.3.1 Semi-finals – 1st leg 1.3.2 Semi-finals – 2nd leg 1.3.3 Final 1.4 Stadia and locations 1.5 Results 2 Conference North 2.1 Promotion and relegation 2.2 League table 2.3 Play-offs 2.3.1 Semi-finals – 1st leg 2.3.2 Semi-finals – 2nd leg 2.3.3 Final 2.4 Stadia and locations 2.5 Results 3 Conference South 3.1 Promotion and relegation 3.2 League table 3.3 Play-offs 3.3.1 Semi-finals – 1st leg 3.3.2 Semi-finals – 2nd leg 3.3.3 Final 3.4 Stadia and locations 3.5 Results 4 References

2011–12 Football Conference

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National League (English football)
Season	2011-2012
← 2010-2011 2012-2013 →

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 LeagueorSouthern League.

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

Conference Premier

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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

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Teams promoted from 2010–11 Conference North

Teams promoted from 2010–11 Conference South

Teams relegated from 2010–11 League Two

League table

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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^[a] (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^[b] (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:

^ 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.

^ 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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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Hayes & Yeading United

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

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

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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

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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.