The 2001–02 Football Conference season was the twenty-third season of the
Football Conference
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, also known as the ''Nationwide Conference'' for sponsorship reasons.
Changes since the previous season
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Barnet (relegated from the Football League 2000–01)
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Farnborough Town
Farnborough Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Founded in 1967 as Farnborough Town, they are currently members of the , the sixth tier of English football and play at Cherrywood Road.
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(promoted 2000–01)
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Margate
Margate is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook.
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(promoted 2000–01)
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Stalybridge Celtic (promoted 2000–01)
Overview
The manager of
Boston United,
Steve Evans, and former chairman, Pat Malkinson, were charged with breaking
the Football Association
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's rules over the registration of players. Both men received bans from the FA, and the club were fined and docked four points from their first season in the League. This angered some, especially the Conference runners up
Dagenham & Redbridge, who believed that any points deduction should have applied to the previous season, which would have meant Dagenham being promoted instead.
Locations
Final league table
Results
Top scorers in order of league goals
Footballtransfers.co.ukthefootballarchives.com
an
Soccerbase
contain information on many players
on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.
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References
External links
Official Football Conference Website
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National League (English football) seasons
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