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On the 6th of June 2015 the decision was made to rebrand the Football Conference to The National league.

The Football Conference was formed in 1979 from leading teams in the Northern Premier League and Southern League and was originally known as the Alliance Premier League.

The Football Conference had a single division for the first 25 years of its existence, but since the 2004-05 season has consisted of three divisions. The original division was renamed Conference National and two new regional divisions one level down were introduced, Conference North and Conference South. The new clubs were drawn from the Northern Premier League, Southern League, and Isthmian League according to guidelines developed by the NLS Committee.

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| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | Step 7 Anglian Combination Premier Division Bedfordshire League Premier Division Brighton & Hove District League Premier Division Cambridgeshire County League Premier Division Central Midlands League Supreme Division Cheshire Association League Division 1 Crawley & District League Premier Division Dorset Premier League East Berkshire League Premier Division East Sussex League Premier Division Essex Olympian League Division 1 Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division Gloucestershire County League Premier Division Hampshire Premier League Division 1 Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division Kent County League Premier Division Leicester Senior League Premier Division Liverpool County Premier League Premier Division Manchester League Premier Division Mid Sussex League Premier Division Middlesex County League Premier Division Midland Combination Division 1 | | North Berkshire League Division 1 Northampton Town League Premier Division Northamptonshire Combination Premier Division Northern Football Alliance Premier Division Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division Peterborough & District League Premier Division Reading League Senior Division Somerset County League Premier Division South West Peninsula League Division 1 East South West Peninsula League Division 1 West Spartan South Midlands League Division 2 Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division Suffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division Sussex County League Division 3 Wearside League West Cheshire League Division 1 West Lancashire League Premier Division West Midlands (Regional) League Division 1 West Sussex League Premier Division Wiltshire Football League Premier Division Worthing & district League Premier Division | | | | | | | | | | The Conference Championship Season Champions Runners-up Please Click Below To View Chosen League Table 1979-1980 Altrincham Weymouth League Table 1980-1981 Altrincham Kettering Town League Table 1981-1982 Runcorn Enfield League Table 1982-1983 Enfield Maidstone United League Table 1983-1984 Maidstone United Nuneaton Borough League Table 1984-1985 Wealdstone Nuneaton Borough League Table 1985-1986 Enfield Frickley Athletic League Table 1986-1987 Scarborough Barnet League Table 1987-1988 Lincoln City Barnet League Table 1988-1989 Maidstone United Kettering Town League Table 1989-1990 Darlington Barnet League Table 1990-1991 Barnet Colchester United League Table 1991-1992 Colchester United Wycombe Wanderers League Table 1992-1993 Wycombe Wanderers Bromsgrove Rovers League Table 1993-1994 Kidderminster Harriers Kettering Town League Table 1994-1995 Macclesfield Town Woking League Table 1995-1996 Stevenage Borough Woking League Table 1996-1997 Macclesfield Town Kidderminster Harriers League Table 1997-1998 Halifax Town Cheltenham Town League Table 1998-1999 Cheltenham Town Kettering Town League Table 1999-2000 Kidderminster Harriers Rushden & Diamonds League Table 2000-2001 Rushden & Diamonds Yeovil League Table 2001-2002 Boston United Dagenham & Redbridge League Table 2002-2003 Yeovil Town Morecambe League Table 2003-2004 Chester City Hereford United League Table 2004-2005 Barnet Hereford United League Table 2005-2006 Accrington Stanley Hereford United League Table 2006-2007 Dagenham & Redbridge Oxford United League Table 2007-2008 Aldershot Town Cambridge United League Table 2008-2009 Burton Albion Torquay United League Table 2009-2010 Stevenage Borough Luton Town League Table 2010-2011 Crawley Town AFC Wimbledon League Table 2011-2012 Fleetwood Town Wrexham League Table 2012-2013 Mansfield Town Kidderminster Harriers League Table 2013-2014 Luton Town Cambridge United League Table 2014-2015 Barnet Bristol Rovers League Table 2015-2016 Cheltenham Town Forest Green League Table The Conference Promotion Final Season Promoted Finalists Score Attendance Venue 2002-2003 Doncaster rovers Dagenham & Redbridge 3 - 2 13092 Stoke City FC 2003-2004 Shrewsbury Town Aldershot Town 1-1 (Shrewsbury won on penalties 3-0) 19216 Stoke City FC 2004-2005 Carlisle United Stevenage Borough 1-0 13422 Stoke City FC 2005-2006 Hereford United Halifax Town 3-2 (aet) 15499 Leicester City FC 2006-2007 Morecambe Exeter City 2-1 40043 Wembley Stadium 2007-2008 Exeter City Cambridge United 1-0 42511 Wembley Stadium 2008-2009 Torquay United Cambridge United 2-0 35000 Wembley Stadium 2009-2010 Oxford United York City 3-1 42669 Wembley Stadium 2010-2011 AFC Wimbledon Luton Town 0-0 (AFC Wimbledon won on penalties 4-3) 18195 Manchester City FC 2011-2012 York City Luton Town 2-1 39,265 Wembley Stadium 2012-2013 Newport County Wrexham 2-0 16,346 Wembley Stadium 2013-2014 Cambridge United Gateshead 2-1 19,613 Wembley Stadium 2014-2015 Bristol Rovers Grimsby Town 1-1 (Bristol Rovers won 5-3 on penalties) *47,029 Wembley Stadium 2015-2016 Forest Green Grimsby Town 1-3 17,198 Wembley Stadium *Promotion Final Record The Conference North Championship Season Champions Runners-Up 2004-2005 Southport Nuneaton Borough 2005-2006 Northwich Victoria Stafford Rangers 2006-2007 Droylsden Kettering Town 2007-2008 Kettering Town AFC Telford United 2008-2009 Tamworth Gateshead 2009-2010 Southport Fleetwood Town 2010-2011 Alfreton Town AFC Telford United 2011-2012 Hyde United Guiseley 2012-2013 Chester FC Guiseley 2013-2014 AFC Telford United North Ferriby United 2014-2015 Barrow AFC Fylde 2015-2016 Solihull Moors AFC Fylde The Conference South Championship Season Champions Runners-Up 2004-2005 Grays Athletic Cambridge City 2005-2006 Weymouth St Albans City 2006-2007 Histon Salisbury City 2007-2008 Lewes Eastbourne Borough 2008-2009 AFC Wimbledon Hampton and Richmond 2009-2010 Newport County Dover Athletic 2010-2011 Braintree Town Farnborough 2011-2012 Woking Dartford 2012-2013 Welling United Salisbury City 2013-2014 Eastleigh Sutton United 2014-2015 Bromley Boreham Wood 2015-2016 Sutton United Ebbsfleet United The Conference North & South Promotion Final Season Champions Finalists 2004-2005 Altrincham Eastbourne Borough The Conference North Promotion Final Season Promoted Finalists 2005-2006 Stafford Rangers Droylsden 2006-2007 Farsley Celtic Hinkley United 2007-2008 Barrow Stalybridge Celtic 2008-2009 Gateshead AFC Telford 2009-2010 Fleetwood Town Alfreton Town 2010-2011 AFC Telford United Guiseley AFC 2011-2012 Nuneaton Gainsborough Trinity 2012-2013 FC Halifax Brackley Town 2013-2014 Altrincham Guiseley 2014-2015 Guiseley Chorley 2015-2016 North Ferriby United AFC Fylde The Conference South Promotion Final Season Promoted Finalists 2005-2006 St Albans City Histon 2006-2007 Salisbury City Braintree Town 2007-2008 Eastbourne Borough Hampton & Richmond 2008-2009 Hayes and Yeading Hampton and Richmond 2009-2010 Bath City Woking 2010-2011 Ebbsfleet United Farnborough 2011-2012 Dartford Welling United 2012-2013 Salisbury City Dover Athletic 2013-2014 Dover Athletic Ebbsfleet United 2014-2015 Boreham Wood Whitehawk 2015-2016 Maidstone United Ebbsfleet United The Setanta Shield Season Winners Finalists 2007-2008 Aldershot Town Rushden & Diamonds 2008-2009 AFC Telford United Forest Green Rovers The Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Season Winners Finalists 1979-1980 Northwich Victoria Altrincham 1980-1981 Altrincham Kettering Town 1981-1982 Weymouth Enfield 1982-1983 Runcorn Scarborough 1983-1984 Scarborough Barnet 1984-1985 Runcorn Maidstone united 1985-1986 Stafford Rangers Barnet 1989-1990 Yeovil Town Kidderminster Harriers 1990-1991 Sutton United Barrow 1991-1992 Wycombe Wanderers Runcorn 1992-1993 Northwich Victoria Wycombe Wanderers 1993-1994 Macclesfield Town Yeovil Town 1994-1995 Bromsgrove Rovers Kettering Town 1995-1996 Bromsgrove Rovers Macclesfield Town 1996-1997 Kidderminster Harriers Macclesfield Town 1997-1998 Morecambe Woking 1998-1999 Doncaster Rovers Farnborough Town 1999-2000 Doncaster Rovers Kingstonian 2000-2001 Chester City Kingstonian The Conference Championship Shield Season Winners Finalists 1979-1980 Northwich Victoria Altrincham 1980-1981 Altrincham Kettering Town 1981-1982 Runcorn Weymouth 1982-1983 Enfield Runcorn 1983-1984 Maidstone United Scarborough 1984-1985 Runcorn Wealdstone 1985-1986 Stafford Rangers Enfield 1986-1987 Kidderminster Harriers Scarborough 1987-1988 Enfield Lincoln City 1988-1989 Maidstone United Telford United 1989-1990 Darlington Barrow 1990-1991 Wycombe Wanderers Barnet 1991-1992 Wycombe Wanderers Colchester United 1992-1993 Wycombe Wanderers Northwich Victoria 1993-1994 Woking Kidderminster Harriers 1994-1995 Macclesfield Town Woking 1995-1996 Macclesfield Town Stevenage Borough 1996-1997 Macclesfield Town Woking 1997-1998 Halifax Town Cheltenham Town 1998-1999 Kingstonian Cheltenham Town 1999-2000 Kidderminster Harriers Kingstonian 2000-2001 Rushden & Diamonds Chester City The Conference Cup Season Winners Finalists 2004-2005 Woking Stalybridge Celtic Promotion & Relegation With The Football League Season Promotion Relegation 1986-1987 Scarborough Lincoln City 1987-1988 Lincoln City Newport County 1988-1989 Maidstone United Darlington 1989-1990 Darlington Colchester United 1990-1991 Barnet No Relegation 1991-1992 Colchester United No Relegation 1992-1993 Wycombe Wanderers Halifax Town 1994-1996 No Promotion** No Relegation 1996-1997 Macclesfield Town Hereford United 1997-1998 Halifax Town Doncaster Rovers 1998-1999 Cheltenham Town Scarborough 1999-2000 Kidderminster Harriers Chester City 2000-2001 Rushden & Diamonds Barnet 2001-2002 Boston United Halifax Town 2002-2003 Yeovil Town & Doncaster Rovers Shrewsbury Town & Exeter City 2003-2004 Chester City & Shrewsbury Town York City & Carlisle United 2004-2005 Barnet & Carlisle United Kidderminster Harriers & Cambridge United 2005-2006 Accrington Stanley & Hereford United Oxford United & Rushden & Diamonds 2006-2007 Dagenham & Redbridge & Morecambe Torquay United & Boston United 2007-2008 Aldershot & Exeter City Mansfield Town & Wrexham 2008-2009 Burton Albion and Torquay United Chester City and Luton Town 2009-2010 Stevenage Borough and Oxford United Darlington and Grimsby Town 2010-2011 AFC Wimbledon and Crawley Town Lincoln City and Stockport County 2011-2012 Fleetwood Town and York City Macclesfield Town and Hereford United 2012-2013 Mansfield Town and Newport County Aldershot Town and Barnet 2013-2014 Luton Town and Cambridge United Bristol Rovers and Torquay United 2014-2015 Barnet and Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Town and Tranmere Rovers 2015-2016 Cheltenham Town and Grimsby Town Dagenham & Redbridge and York City | | | |