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1986/87
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  Leading League goalscorer:
Kim Casey
(Kidderminster Harriers)
 38  goals

It was all change in the Conference with new sponsors (Vauxhall Motors) and a new relationship with the Football League. The champions of the Conference were to be automatically promoted to the League provided they met Football League standards. Scarborough were the first champions to be promoted with Lincoln City relegated from the League to the Conference. So is this the Conference becoming 'Division 5' of the Football League?

Two Conference sides reached the 3rd Round of the FA Cup with the plum tie going to Telford who draw Leeds United at home. Telford lost the match - switched to the Hawthorns - by the odd goal in three.

   1 Scarborough 42 27 10 5 64 33 91 Promoted
    2 Barnet 42 25 10 7 86 39 85
    3 Maidstone United 42 21 10 11 71 48 73
    4 Enfield 42 21 7 14 66 47 70
    5 Altrincham 42 18 15 9 66 53 69
    6 Boston United 42 21 6 15 82 74 69
    7 Sutton United 42 19 11 12 81 51 68
    8 Runcorn 42 18 13 11 71 58 67
    9 Telford United 42 18 10 14 69 59 64
    10 Bath City 42 17 12 13 63 62 63
    11 Cheltenham Town 42 16 13 13 64 50 61
    12 Kidderminster Harriers 42 17 4 21 77 81 55
    13 Stafford Rangers 42 14 11 17 58 60 53
    14 Weymouth 42 13 12 17 68 77 51
    15 Dagenham 42 14 7 21 56 72 49
    16 Kettering Town 42 12 11 19 54 66 47
    17 Northwich Victoria 42 10 14 18 53 69 44
    18 Nuneaton Borough 42 10 14 18 48 73 44 Relegated
    19 Wealdstone 42 11 10 21 50 70 43
    20 Welling United 42 10 10 22 61 84 40
    21 Frickley Athletic 42 7 11 24 47 82 32 Relegated
    22 Gateshead 42 6 13 23 48 95 31 Relegated
   
   

Promoted Champions Scarborough were promoted to the Football League, Lincoln City were relegated from the Football League to the Conference.

Relegated Nuneaton Borough were relegated to the Beazer Homes Southern League due to ground problems (reprieving Welling from relegation) while Frickley Athletic and Gateshead were relegated to the Northern Premier League.

Replacing the three relegated clubs in the Conference for 1987/88 were Wycombe Wanderers from the Southern League, Macclesfield Town from the Northern Premier League and Fisher Athletic from the Isthmian League.