Conference National 2004/05

Now the National League.

Barnet won the 2004/05 Conference National with 86 points, 12 points ahead of Hereford United. Barnet and Carlisle were promoted. Northwich Victoria, Farnborough Town and Leigh RMI were relegated. 2.82 goals per game over 462 matches; home sides won 45% and 26% were drawn.

Final table

		P		D	L					Outcome
1	Barnet · Champions	42	26	8	8	90	44	+46	86	Champions
2	Hereford United	42	21	11	10	68	41	+27	74
3	Carlisle · Promoted	42	20	13	9	74	37	+37	73	Promoted
4	Aldershot	42	21	10	11	68	52	+16	73
5	Stevenage	42	22	6	14	65	52	+13	72
6	Exeter	42	20	11	11	71	50	+21	71
7	Morecambe	42	19	14	9	69	50	+19	71
8	Woking	42	18	14	10	58	45	+13	68
9	Halifax Town	42	19	9	14	74	56	+18	66
10	Accrington	42	18	11	13	72	58	+14	65
11	Dag and Red	42	19	8	15	68	60	+8	65
12	Crawley Town	42	16	9	17	50	50	0	57
13	Scarborough	42	14	14	14	60	46	+14	56
14	Ebbsfleet	42	13	11	18	58	64	-6	50
15	Tamworth	42	14	11	17	53	63	-10	50
16	Burton	42	13	11	18	50	66	-16	50
17	York	42	11	10	21	39	66	-27	43
18	Canvey Island	42	9	15	18	53	65	-12	42
19	Northwich Victoria · Relegated	42	14	10	18	58	72	-14	42	Relegated
20	Forest Green	42	6	15	21	41	81	-40	33
21	Farnborough Town · Relegated	42	6	11	25	35	89	-54	29	Relegated
22	Leigh RMI · Relegated	42	4	6	32	31	98	-67	18	Relegated

Watch the season unfold Where teams in each position finished

Where this season ranks

2.82 goals per game: 6th highest of 20 complete National League seasons on file.

Season in numbers

Measure	2004/05	League average
Goals per game	2.82	2.71
Home wins	45%	43%
Draws	26%	26%
Away wins	29%	31%
Goalless draws	7%	7%
Home advantageHome minus away points per game	0.49 pts/game	0.37 pts/game
Champions’ points	86	91
Most points relegated	42	51
Fewest points safe	33	23

League average: every complete National League season on file except this one; points thresholds only from seasons with 22 clubs.