The Football Conference season of 1990–91 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth season of the

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Overview

Barnet finished the season as Conference champions and were promoted to the Football League Fourth Division, finishing narrowly ahead of

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, who had been relegated to the Conference a year earlier. There was no relegation from the Fourth Division to the Conference this year, due to expansion of the

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New teams in the league this season

* Bath City (promoted 1989–90) *

(relegated from the Football League 1989–90) *

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(promoted 1989–90) * Slough Town (promoted 1989–90)

Final league table

Results

Top scorers in order of league goals

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

* Barnet (to the

Football League Fourth Division The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Following the creation of the Premier ...

) * Farnborough Town (from the Southern Premier League) * Redbridge Forest (from the

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) * Witton Albion (from the

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)

Relegated

* Fisher Athletic (to the Southern Premier League) *

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(to the

)

References

External links

1990–91 Conference National Results
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