2011–12 Football Conference

Conference Premier
Season	2011–12
Champions	Fleetwood Town
Promoted	Fleetwood Town; York City
Relegated	Bath City; Darlington; Hayes & Yeading United; Kettering Town
Matches	552
Goals	1,574 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jamie Vardy (31)
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 →

Football Conference
Season	2011-12
	← 2010-11 2012-13 →

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.

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

Conference Premier

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

Teams promoted from 2010–11 Conference South

Teams relegated from 2010–11 League Two

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 Football League Two
2	Wrexham	46	30	8	8	85	33	+52	98	Qualification for the Conference Premier play-offs
3	Mansfield Town	46	25	14	7	87	48	+39	89
4	York City (O, 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 Conference South
22	Darlington	46	11	13	22	47	73	−26	36^[a]	Club folded
23	Bath City (R)	46	7	10	29	43	89	−46	31	Relegation to Conference South
24	Kettering Town (R)	46	8	9	29	40	100	−60	30^[b]	Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division

Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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 Town 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

2 May 2012

[table_hth_DAR0.30255959476463-3] 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.

[table_hth_KET0.30255959476463-5] Kettering Town 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.

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