The 2006–07 season was the 28th season of the

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Overview

This season saw the promotion of Dagenham & Redbridge and

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for the first time, whilst

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Farsley Celtic Farsley Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Farsley, West Yorkshire, England. The club was founded in 1908, but folded in 2010 and were reformed as Farsley AFC before returning to the name Farsley Celtic in 2015.

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and

Salisbury City Salisbury City Football Club was an English football club based in Salisbury, Wiltshire. They were formed in 1947 and played at The Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Salisbury had gained back-to-back promotions in recent years, first to the Conference S ...

were promoted to the Conference National for the first time in their history. At the end of the season Scarborough and Farnborough Town went out of business, whilst

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and Yeading merged to form a new club,

Hayes & Yeading United Hayes & Yeading United Football Club is an association football club based in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The club was formed in 2007 from a merger of Hayes Football Club (founded in 1909) and Yeading Football Club (f ...

and Moor Green merged with Southern League side Solihull Borough to form

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(which took Moor Green's place in the Conference North). Oxford United drew the biggest crowds, with an average of 6,332 spectators and a peak of 11,065 in their match against

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. Exeter City came second far behind them, with an average of 3,627, just beating Oxford's average with a peak of 6,670 in their match against

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. Other teams could not match Oxford's average even in their most popular matches.

Conference National

A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last 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 2005–06 Conference North * Northwich Victoria *

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Conference South * Weymouth * St Albans City Teams relegated from 2005–06 Football League Two * Oxford United * Rushden & Diamonds

League table

Locations

Results

Play-offs

Top scorers in order of league goals

Source:

Conference North

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 19 sides from last season, one relegated from the Conference National and two promoted from the Northern Premier League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Northern Premier League * Blyth Spartans *

Teams relegated from 2005–06 Conference National * Scarborough

League table

Locations

Results

Play-offs

Conference South

A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, two promoted from the Isthmian League and two promoted from the Southern Football League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from

2005–06 Southern Football League The 2005–06 season was the 103rd in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales. At the end ...

Bedford Town Bedford Town Football Club is a football club based in the Borough of Bedford, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Eyrie in Cardington, a village on the outskirts of Bedford. They are full members of the Football As ...

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Isthmian League * Braintree Town *

Fisher Athletic Fisher Athletic F.C. were a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based ...

League table

Locations

Results

Play-offs

References

External links

Nationwide Conference
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