Newport County were soon at the top of the table.  The Welsh club then pulled away and remained far ahead of the rest.  The title was won relatively early after which County simply kept on stacking up the points.  the play-off places took rather longer to sort out.

 

The bottom two looked set for relegation well before the end of the campaign - as did Lewes.  However, a late recovery saw the Sussex side pull clear, leaving Worcester City third from bottom.

 

Bath City took the second promotion place after beating Woking 1-0 in the play-off final on May 9th.

FOOTBALL CONFERENCE SOUTH – FINAL TABLE 2009-2010

 

1	NEWPORT COUNTY	42	32	7	3	93	26	103
2	DOVER ATHLETIC	42	22	9	11	66	47	75
3	CHELMSFORD CITY	42	22	9	11	62	48	75
4	BATH CITY	42	20	12	10	66	46	72
5	WOKING	42	21	9	12	57	44	72
6	HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE	42	19	14	9	65	44	71
7	BRAINTREE TOWN	42	18	17	7	56	41	71
8	STAINES TOWN	42	18	13	11	59	40	67
9	WELLING UNITED	42	18	9	15	66	51	63
10	THURROCK	42	16	13	13	66	60	61
11	EASTLEIGH	42	17	9	16	71	66	60
12	BROMLEY	42	15	10	17	68	64	55
13	ST. ALBANS CITY	42	15	10	17	45	55	55
14	HAMPTON & RICHMOND BOROUGH	42	14	9	19	56	66	51
15	BASINGSTOKE TOWN	42	13	10	19	49	68	49
16	MAIDENHEAD UNITED	42	12	12	18	52	59	48
17	DORCHESTER TOWN	42	13	9	20	56	74	48
18	BISHOP’S STORTFORD	42	12	11	19	48	59	47
19	LEWES	42	9	15	18	49	63	42
20	WORCESTER CITY	42	10	10	22	48	60	40
21	WESTON-SUPER-MARE	42	5	8	29	48	93	23
22	WEYMOUTH	42	5	7	30	31	103	22
		924	346	232	346	1277	1277	1270

 

Promotion to Conference Premier : Newport County and Bath City (via play-offs).

Relegation : Weymouth are definitely down – to the Southern League, while Worcester City have not been relegated from Step 2, but will return to Conference North.  It is not known yet what will happen to Weston-super-Mare as the situation regarding Salisbury City has not been resolved.  If City are demoted from the Conference, then Weston will be reprieved.  Once upon a time everything was decided on the football field.