ABOUT THE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

The Football Conference is the highest competition of "non-league" football in England and Wales.

The 2004/05 season marks the beginning of a new era for the Football Conference, which has been extended to incorporate two new sub-divisions that feed into the Nationwide Conference - the final stepping-stone to the Football League.

There are 66 clubs now competing in the Football Conference, 22 clubs in the Nationwide Conference, with the sub-divisions split geographically, 22 in Nationwide North and 22 in Nationwide South.

- To learn more about the new structure of the Football Conference read:
THE NEW NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE

- Conference President Jim Thompson looks back on the league's first 25 momentous years in:
SALUTE OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE HELPED US REACH SO FAR

- Or to see what happened last season try our 2003/04 season review:
LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD