Conference Cup scrapped

One good move taken at the Conference AGM last wekend was to scrap the Conference Cup, which most clubs thought was an extra burden they could well do without.

Also approved was the move to increase the size of the Conference to 24 clubs.

Just two clubs will be relegated at the end of this coming season and four will be promoted. This will obviously mean an increase in fixtures, giving even more justification to the scrapping of the Conference Cup.

Another item from the AGM reported by Confguide was the vote to remove Paul Fairclough as manager of the English Non-League side. It is expected that Alex Inglethorpe of Exeter will take his place.

As regards the match programme award, this was won by York City. Worcester won the Conference North award. Its programme is edited by Graham Hill, who often reports on BBC Hereford And Worcester.

Meanwhile Trevor Challis has moved from Shrewsbury to Weymouth. He was thought to be interested in a move to Hereford United's Conference neighbours Kidderminster but that has failed to go through probably because of the on-going discussions over the ownership of the Harriers.

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