The Football Conference

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which of the non-league divisions provided the most teams for the new Alliance Premier League in 1979? Northern Premier League North West Counties League Isthmian League Southern League

2. Altrincham won the title in both of the first two seasons. How many home games in the league did they lose in this period? 1 0 3 5

3. Welsh side Bangor City were one the founding teams of the division. How many seasons in total did they play in it? 3 1 4 2

4. Which footwear manufacturer become the first company to sponsor the division? Answer: (One Word)

5. What 'first' did Wealdstone achieved in the conference during the 1984-85 season? First non-league double winners First unbeaten league season First club to fold through bankruptcy First club to have points deducted for breach of the rules

6. Scarborough won the title in the 1986-87 season and became the first club to win automatic promotion to the Football League (Division 4). Which club narrowly missed out by finishing 2nd? Yeovil Altrincham Enfield Barnet

7. When the Football League switched to the 3 points for a win system for the 1981-82 season, the A.P.L. did the same but only for 2 seasons. Between 1983 & 1987 the division had a different points system. What was it? 3 points for an Away win, 2 points for a Home win & 1 point for a draw 4 points for a Home win, 3 points for an Away win & 1 point for a draw 3 points for a Home win, 2 points for an Away win & 1 point for a draw 4 points for an Away win, 3 points for a Home win & 1 point for a draw

8. Which founding club got promoted to the Football League (Division 4) after winning the title for a second time in 1988-89, lost in the Division 3 play-off Semi-Finals the following season then dropped back out of the Football League two seasons after that? Answer: ( Two Words .. the second word is United !)

9. During the 1990-91 season, Altrincham equalled the conference record for most goals (11) scored in a single match. This was a 9-2 vitory over which side? Merthyr Tydfil Sutton United Nuneaton Borough Slough Town

10. Between the 1994 and 1996, the three title winners were denied promotion to ther Football League (Division 3) because they did not meet the financial and/or stadium requirements that the Football League set out. Which of the following teams were not among them? Cheltenham Town Macclesfield Town Kidderminster Harriers Stevenage Borough

11. Which two clubs scored 94 points in a season (sharing the record for most points achieved in a single season)? Colchester United & Wycombe Wanderers Scarborough & Wycombe Wanderers Colchester United & Runcorn Runcorn & Scarborough

12. When the conference became the Nationwide Confernce in 1999 it was the _______ name that the conference been known as? 6th 4th 5th 3rd

13. The 1986-87 season saw the start of "automatic" promotion/relegation to the Football League. By the end of the 1990s, how many of the clubs relegated from the Football League went straight back up the following season? 2 0 1 3

14. Which club got relegated from the Football League (Division 3) at the end of the 2001-02 season and became the first team to be relegated to the conference twice? Halifax Town Chester City Barnet Scarborough

15. From the founding of the division in 1979-80 up until the end of the 2001-02 season only two clubs had played in every one of those 23 seasons. Which two? Kettering Town & Northwich Victoria Telford United & Yeovil Kettering Town & Yeovil Northwich Victoria & Telford United