Four years earlier, Iowa had joined its first football conference.

"We are getting into an outstanding football conference with greater opportunities."

Rich East was a small football conference but was known to be a good team.

They went into the 2010-11 season with the largest capacity ground ever seen in the Football Conference.

These improvements brought the ground up to the standard required by the Football Conference.

"And when the Big East decided to expand as a football conference, it opened a window of opportunity for us."

In 1999-2000 he was relegated from the football conference with Altrincham.

After five years the club won the title and was promoted to the Football Conference.

The club were once more relegated to the Football Conference.

The club found the Football Conference no easier than the fourth division.