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1986-87 The first season of automatic relegation from Division Four and automatic promotion from the newly sponsored Vauxhall Conference.
The Relegated Clubs:
1986-87 Lincoln City: 1 season – champions
1987-88 Newport County: Folded, Expelled & Expunged. Phoenix club Newport County AFC formed. 25 years to return to the EFL
1988-89 Darlington: 1 season – champions
1989-90 Colchester United: 2 seasons – champions
1992-93 Halifax Town: 5 seasons – champions
PO = Play Off Winners
1996-97 Hereford United: 9 seasons – PO
1997-98 Doncaster Rovers: 5 seasons – PO
1998-99 Scarborough: 21 seasons (play in NPL Prem) – wound up in 2007 and placed in Conf North. Phoenix Club, Scarborough Ahletic FC formed 2007
1999-00 Chester City: 4 seasons – champions
2000-01 Barnet: 4 seasons – champions
2001-02 Halifax Town: 19 seasons (play in NL). Dissolved in 2008. Phoenix Club, FC Halifax Town formed 2008 and started life in NPL Div One.
2002-03 Exeter City: 5 seasons – PO
2002-03 Shrewsbury Town: 1 season – PO
2003-04 Carlisle United: 1 season – PO
2003-04 York City: 8 seasons – PO
2004–05 Kidderminster Harriers: 15 seasons (play in NLN)
2004-05 Cambridge United: 9 seasons – PO
2005–06 Oxford United: 4 seasons – PO
2005-06 Rushden & Diamonds: 10 seasons (play in Southern League Premier Central). Dissolved in 2011. Phoenix Club AFC Rushden & Diamonds formed 2011.
2006–07 Boston United: 14 seasons (play in NLN)
2006-07 Torquay United: 2 seasons – PO
2007–08 Mansfield Town: 5 seasons – champions
2007-08 Wrexham: 13 seasons (play in NL)
2008–09 Chester City: 11 seasons (play in NLN) – Folded & Expelled February 2010. Phoenix Club, Chester FC formed in 2010
2008-09 Luton Town: 5 seasons – champions
2009–10 Darlington: 11 seasons (play in NLN) – Administration (again) in 2011-12 and a new name, Darlington 1883 emerged and placed in the Northern League
2009-10 Grimsby Town: 6 seasons – PO
2010–11 Lincoln City: 6 seasons – champions
2010-11 Stockport County: 10 seasons (play in NL)
2011–12 Macclesfield Town: 6 seasons – champions
2011-12 Hereford United: 9 seasons (play in NLN) – liquidated in 2014. Phoenix Cub, Hereford FC formed in 2014
2012–13 Aldershot Town: 8 seasons (play in NL)
2012-13 Barnet: 2 seasons – champions
2013–14 Bristol Rovers: 1 season – PO
2013-14 Torquay United: 7 seasons (play in NL)
2014–15 Cheltenham Town: 1 season – champions
2014-15 Tranmere Rovers: 3 seasons – PO
2015–16 York City: 5 seasons (play in NLN)
2015-16 Dagenham & Redbridge: 5 seasons (play in NL)
2016–17 Hartlepool United: 4 seasons (play in NL)
2016-17 Leyton Orient: 2 seasons – champions
2017–18 Barnet: 3 seasons (play in NL)
2017-18 Chesterfield: 3 seasons (play in NL)
2018–19 Notts County: 2 seasons (play in NL)
2018-19 Yeovil Town: 2 seasons (play in NL)
2019–20 Macclesfield Town: 1 season (play in NWC Prem Div) – Wound Up & Ejected. Phoenix Club, Macclesfield FC formed in 2020.
2020–21 Southend United: season in progress
2020-21 Grimsby Town: season in progress
The current 2021-22 season hasn’t been included in these figures.
A micro glance at these statistics would suggest that we will most likely be in this league (National) for the next 5 to 10 seasons.
If we are liquidated – then a Phoenix club would most probably be placed in the NECL at step 10.
No new owners and no significant investment will probably likely see relegation to the NLN.
Money talks – and it’s going to need a significant amount to bounce back at the first or second attempt.
Oh well, plenty of new grounds to visit.
