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On the 6th of June 2015 the decision was made to rebrand the Football Conference to The National league.

The Football Conference was formed in 1979 from leading teams in the Northern Premier League and Southern League and was originally known as the Alliance Premier League.

The Football Conference had a single division for the first 25 years of its existence, but since the 2004-05 season has consisted of three divisions. The original division was renamed Conference National and two new regional divisions one level down were introduced, Conference North and Conference South. The new clubs were drawn from the Northern Premier League, Southern League, and Isthmian League according to guidelines developed by the NLS Committee.

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Combined Counties League Premier Division
Eastern Counties League Division 1
Essex Senior League
Hellenic League Premier Division
Kent League
Midland Football Alliance
North West Counties League Division 1
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Northern League Div 1
Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division
Sussex County League Division 1
United Counties League Premier Division
Wessex League Premier Division
Western League Premier Division

Step 6

Combined Counties League Division 1
East Midlands Counties League
Eastern Counties League Division 2
Hellenic League Division 1 East
Hellenic League Division 1 West
Midland Combination Premier Division
North West Counties League Division 2
Northern Counties East Division 1
Northern League Division 2
South West Peninsula League Premier Division
Spartan South Midlands League Division 1
Sussex County League Division 2
United Counties League Division 1
Wessex League Division 1
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
Western League Division 1

Step 7

Anglian Combination Premier Division
Bedfordshire League Premier Division
Brighton & Hove District League Premier Division
Cambridgeshire County League Premier Division
Central Midlands League Supreme Division
Cheshire Association League Division 1
Crawley & District League Premier Division
Dorset Premier League
East Berkshire League Premier Division
East Sussex League Premier Division
Essex Olympian League Division 1
Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division
Gloucestershire County League Premier Division
Hampshire Premier League Division 1
Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division
Kent County League Premier Division
Leicester Senior League Premier Division
Liverpool County Premier League Premier Division
Manchester League Premier Division
Mid Sussex League Premier Division
Middlesex County League Premier Division
Midland Combination Division 1

North Berkshire League Division 1
Northampton Town League Premier Division
Northamptonshire Combination Premier Division
Northern Football Alliance Premier Division
Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division
Peterborough & District League Premier Division
Reading League Senior Division
Somerset County League Premier Division
South West Peninsula League Division 1 East
South West Peninsula League Division 1 West
Spartan South Midlands League Division 2
Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division
Suffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division
Sussex County League Division 3
Wearside League
West Cheshire League Division 1
West Lancashire League Premier Division
West Midlands (Regional) League Division 1
West Sussex League Premier Division
Wiltshire Football League Premier Division
Worthing & district League Premier Division

The Conference Championship

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Please Click Below To View Chosen League Table
1979-1980	Altrincham	Weymouth	League Table
1980-1981	Altrincham	Kettering Town	League Table
1981-1982	Runcorn	Enfield	League Table
1982-1983	Enfield	Maidstone United	League Table
1983-1984	Maidstone United	Nuneaton Borough	League Table
1984-1985	Wealdstone	Nuneaton Borough	League Table
1985-1986	Enfield	Frickley Athletic	League Table
1986-1987	Scarborough	Barnet	League Table
1987-1988	Lincoln City	Barnet	League Table
1988-1989	Maidstone United	Kettering Town	League Table
1989-1990	Darlington	Barnet	League Table
1990-1991	Barnet	Colchester United	League Table
1991-1992	Colchester United	Wycombe Wanderers	League Table
1992-1993	Wycombe Wanderers	Bromsgrove Rovers	League Table
1993-1994	Kidderminster Harriers	Kettering Town	League Table
1994-1995	Macclesfield Town	Woking	League Table
1995-1996	Stevenage Borough	Woking	League Table
1996-1997	Macclesfield Town	Kidderminster Harriers	League Table
1997-1998	Halifax Town	Cheltenham Town	League Table
1998-1999	Cheltenham Town	Kettering Town	League Table
1999-2000	Kidderminster Harriers	Rushden & Diamonds	League Table
2000-2001	Rushden & Diamonds	Yeovil	League Table
2001-2002	Boston United	Dagenham & Redbridge	League Table
2002-2003	Yeovil Town	Morecambe	League Table
2003-2004	Chester City	Hereford United	League Table
2004-2005	Barnet	Hereford United	League Table
2005-2006	Accrington Stanley	Hereford United	League Table
2006-2007	Dagenham & Redbridge	Oxford United	League Table
2007-2008	Aldershot Town	Cambridge United	League Table
2008-2009	Burton Albion	Torquay United	League Table
2009-2010	Stevenage Borough	Luton Town	League Table
2010-2011	Crawley Town	AFC Wimbledon	League Table
2011-2012	Fleetwood Town	Wrexham	League Table
2012-2013	Mansfield Town	Kidderminster Harriers	League Table
2013-2014	Luton Town	Cambridge United	League Table
2014-2015	Barnet	Bristol Rovers	League Table
2015-2016	Cheltenham Town	Forest Green	League Table

The Conference Promotion Final

Season	Promoted	Finalists	Score	Attendance	Venue
2002-2003	Doncaster rovers	Dagenham & Redbridge	3 - 2	13092	Stoke City FC
2003-2004	Shrewsbury Town	Aldershot Town	1-1 (Shrewsbury won on penalties 3-0)	19216	Stoke City FC
2004-2005	Carlisle United	Stevenage Borough	1-0	13422	Stoke City FC
2005-2006	Hereford United	Halifax Town	3-2 (aet)	15499	Leicester City FC
2006-2007	Morecambe	Exeter City	2-1	40043	Wembley Stadium
2007-2008	Exeter City	Cambridge United	1-0	42511	Wembley Stadium
2008-2009	Torquay United	Cambridge United	2-0	35000	Wembley Stadium
2009-2010	Oxford United	York City	3-1	42669	Wembley Stadium
2010-2011	AFC Wimbledon	Luton Town	0-0 (AFC Wimbledon won on penalties 4-3)	18195	Manchester City FC
2011-2012	York City	Luton Town	2-1	39,265	Wembley Stadium
2012-2013	Newport County	Wrexham	2-0	16,346	Wembley Stadium
2013-2014	Cambridge United	Gateshead	2-1	19,613	Wembley Stadium
2014-2015	Bristol Rovers	Grimsby Town	1-1 (Bristol Rovers won 5-3 on penalties)	*47,029	Wembley Stadium
2015-2016	Forest Green	Grimsby Town	1-3	17,198	Wembley Stadium
*Promotion Final Record

The Conference North Championship

Season	Champions	Runners-Up
2004-2005	Southport	Nuneaton Borough
2005-2006	Northwich Victoria	Stafford Rangers
2006-2007	Droylsden	Kettering Town
2007-2008	Kettering Town	AFC Telford United
2008-2009	Tamworth	Gateshead
2009-2010	Southport	Fleetwood Town
2010-2011	Alfreton Town	AFC Telford United
2011-2012	Hyde United	Guiseley
2012-2013	Chester FC	Guiseley
2013-2014	AFC Telford United	North Ferriby United
2014-2015	Barrow	AFC Fylde
2015-2016	Solihull Moors	AFC Fylde

The Conference South Championship

Season	Champions	Runners-Up
2004-2005	Grays Athletic	Cambridge City
2005-2006	Weymouth	St Albans City
2006-2007	Histon	Salisbury City
2007-2008	Lewes	Eastbourne Borough
2008-2009	AFC Wimbledon	Hampton and Richmond
2009-2010	Newport County	Dover Athletic
2010-2011	Braintree Town	Farnborough
2011-2012	Woking	Dartford
2012-2013	Welling United	Salisbury City
2013-2014	Eastleigh	Sutton United
2014-2015	Bromley	Boreham Wood
2015-2016	Sutton United	Ebbsfleet United

The Conference North & South Promotion Final

Season	Champions	Finalists
2004-2005	Altrincham	Eastbourne Borough

The Conference North Promotion Final

Season	Promoted	Finalists
2005-2006	Stafford Rangers	Droylsden
2006-2007	Farsley Celtic	Hinkley United
2007-2008	Barrow	Stalybridge Celtic
2008-2009	Gateshead	AFC Telford
2009-2010	Fleetwood Town	Alfreton Town
2010-2011	AFC Telford United	Guiseley AFC
2011-2012	Nuneaton	Gainsborough Trinity
2012-2013	FC Halifax	Brackley Town
2013-2014	Altrincham	Guiseley
2014-2015	Guiseley	Chorley
2015-2016	North Ferriby United	AFC Fylde

The Conference South Promotion Final

Season	Promoted	Finalists
2005-2006	St Albans City	Histon
2006-2007	Salisbury City	Braintree Town
2007-2008	Eastbourne Borough	Hampton & Richmond
2008-2009	Hayes and Yeading	Hampton and Richmond
2009-2010	Bath City	Woking
2010-2011	Ebbsfleet United	Farnborough
2011-2012	Dartford	Welling United
2012-2013	Salisbury City	Dover Athletic
2013-2014	Dover Athletic	Ebbsfleet United
2014-2015	Boreham Wood	Whitehawk
2015-2016	Maidstone United	Ebbsfleet United

The Setanta Shield

Season	Winners	Finalists
2007-2008	Aldershot Town	Rushden & Diamonds
2008-2009	AFC Telford United	Forest Green Rovers

The Bob Lord Challenge Trophy

Season	Winners	Finalists
1979-1980	Northwich Victoria	Altrincham
1980-1981	Altrincham	Kettering Town
1981-1982	Weymouth	Enfield
1982-1983	Runcorn	Scarborough
1983-1984	Scarborough	Barnet
1984-1985	Runcorn	Maidstone united
1985-1986	Stafford Rangers	Barnet
1989-1990	Yeovil Town	Kidderminster Harriers
1990-1991	Sutton United	Barrow
1991-1992	Wycombe Wanderers	Runcorn
1992-1993	Northwich Victoria	Wycombe Wanderers
1993-1994	Macclesfield Town	Yeovil Town
1994-1995	Bromsgrove Rovers	Kettering Town
1995-1996	Bromsgrove Rovers	Macclesfield Town
1996-1997	Kidderminster Harriers	Macclesfield Town
1997-1998	Morecambe	Woking
1998-1999	Doncaster Rovers	Farnborough Town
1999-2000	Doncaster Rovers	Kingstonian
2000-2001	Chester City	Kingstonian

The Conference Championship Shield

Season	Winners	Finalists
1979-1980	Northwich Victoria	Altrincham
1980-1981	Altrincham	Kettering Town
1981-1982	Runcorn	Weymouth
1982-1983	Enfield	Runcorn
1983-1984	Maidstone United	Scarborough
1984-1985	Runcorn	Wealdstone
1985-1986	Stafford Rangers	Enfield
1986-1987	Kidderminster Harriers	Scarborough
1987-1988	Enfield	Lincoln City
1988-1989	Maidstone United	Telford United
1989-1990	Darlington	Barrow
1990-1991	Wycombe Wanderers	Barnet
1991-1992	Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester United
1992-1993	Wycombe Wanderers	Northwich Victoria
1993-1994	Woking	Kidderminster Harriers
1994-1995	Macclesfield Town	Woking
1995-1996	Macclesfield Town	Stevenage Borough
1996-1997	Macclesfield Town	Woking
1997-1998	Halifax Town	Cheltenham Town
1998-1999	Kingstonian	Cheltenham Town
1999-2000	Kidderminster Harriers	Kingstonian
2000-2001	Rushden & Diamonds	Chester City

The Conference Cup

Season	Winners	Finalists
2004-2005	Woking	Stalybridge Celtic

Promotion & Relegation With The Football League

Season	Promotion	Relegation
1986-1987	Scarborough	Lincoln City
1987-1988	Lincoln City	Newport County
1988-1989	Maidstone United	Darlington
1989-1990	Darlington	Colchester United
1990-1991	Barnet	No Relegation
1991-1992	Colchester United	No Relegation
1992-1993	Wycombe Wanderers	Halifax Town
1994-1996	No Promotion**	No Relegation
1996-1997	Macclesfield Town	Hereford United
1997-1998	Halifax Town	Doncaster Rovers
1998-1999	Cheltenham Town	Scarborough
1999-2000	Kidderminster Harriers	Chester City
2000-2001	Rushden & Diamonds	Barnet
2001-2002	Boston United	Halifax Town
2002-2003	Yeovil Town & Doncaster Rovers	Shrewsbury Town & Exeter City
2003-2004	Chester City & Shrewsbury Town	York City & Carlisle United
2004-2005	Barnet & Carlisle United	Kidderminster Harriers & Cambridge United
2005-2006	Accrington Stanley & Hereford United	Oxford United & Rushden & Diamonds
2006-2007	Dagenham & Redbridge & Morecambe	Torquay United & Boston United
2007-2008	Aldershot & Exeter City	Mansfield Town & Wrexham
2008-2009	Burton Albion and Torquay United	Chester City and Luton Town
2009-2010	Stevenage Borough and Oxford United	Darlington and Grimsby Town
2010-2011	AFC Wimbledon and Crawley Town	Lincoln City and Stockport County
2011-2012	Fleetwood Town and York City	Macclesfield Town and Hereford United
2012-2013	Mansfield Town and Newport County	Aldershot Town and Barnet
2013-2014	Luton Town and Cambridge United	Bristol Rovers and Torquay United
2014-2015	Barnet and Bristol Rovers	Cheltenham Town and Tranmere Rovers
2015-2016	Cheltenham Town and Grimsby Town	Dagenham & Redbridge and York City

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