1991–92 Football Conference

Thirteenth season of the Football Conference

Football league season

Football ConferenceSeason| 1991–92[1]

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Champions| Colchester United (2nd Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football League| Colchester United
Conference League Cup winners| Wycombe Wanderers
FA Trophy winners| Colchester United
Relegated to Level 6| Barrow,
Cheltenham Town
Matches played| 462
Goals scored| 1,343 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer| Paul Cavell (Redbridge Forest), 29;
Terry Robbins (Welling United), 29
Biggest home win| Witton Albion – Stafford Rangers 6–0 (8 February 1992)
Biggest away win| Cheltenham Town – Redbridge Forest 0–7 (29 February 1992)
Highest scoring| Altrincham – Slough Town 3–7 (19 October 1991)
Longest winning run| Redbridge Forest, 7 matches;
Wycombe Wanderers, 7 matches (twice)
Longest unbeaten run| Colchester United, 15 matches
Longest losing run| Altrincham, 9 matches
Highest attendance| Colchester United v Barrow, 7,193 (2 May 1992)
Lowest attendance| ?
Average attendance| 1,221 (– 14% compared to previous season)

← 1990–91

1992–93 →

The Football Conference season of 1991–92 (known as the GM Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season of the Football Conference.

## Overview

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Colchester United, relegated from the Fourth Division two years earlier, regained their Football League status by winning the Conference title. However, as had happened a year earlier, there was no relegation from the Football League to the Conference due to an expansion of the Football League – which was ultimately never completed due to the bankruptcy of Aldershot late in the 1991–92 season and then Maidstone United (1897) at the start of the 1992–93 season.

## New teams in the league this season

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* Farnborough Town (promoted 1990–91)
* Redbridge Forest (promoted 1990–91)
* Witton Albion (promoted 1990–91)

## Final league table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Colchester United[a] | 42  | 19  | 1  | 1  | 57  | 11  | 9  | 9  | 3  | 41  | 29  | +58  | 94  | Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Third Division
2  | Wycombe Wanderers | 42  | 18  | 1  | 2  | 49  | 13  | 12  | 3  | 6  | 35  | 22  | +49  | 94  | Conference League Cup winners
3  | Kettering Town | 42  | 12  | 6  | 3  | 44  | 23  | 8  | 7  | 6  | 28  | 27  | +22  | 73  |
4  | Merthyr Tydfil | 42  | 14  | 4  | 3  | 40  | 24  | 4  | 10  | 7  | 19  | 32  | +3  | 68
5  | Farnborough Town[b] | 42  | 8  | 7  | 6  | 36  | 27  | 10  | 5  | 6  | 32  | 26  | +15  | 66
6  | Telford United | 42  | 10  | 4  | 7  | 32  | 31  | 9  | 3  | 9  | 30  | 35  | −4  | 64
7  | Redbridge Forest[c][b] | 42  | 12  | 4  | 5  | 42  | 27  | 6  | 5  | 10  | 27  | 29  | +13  | 63
8  | Boston United | 42  | 10  | 4  | 7  | 40  | 35  | 8  | 5  | 8  | 31  | 31  | +5  | 63
9  | Bath City | 42  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 27  | 22  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 27  | 29  | +3  | 60
10  | Witton Albion[b] | 42  | 11  | 6  | 4  | 41  | 26  | 5  | 4  | 12  | 22  | 34  | +3  | 58
11  | Northwich Victoria | 42  | 10  | 4  | 7  | 40  | 25  | 6  | 2  | 13  | 23  | 33  | +5  | 54
12  | Welling United | 42  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 40  | 38  | 6  | 6  | 9  | 29  | 41  | −10  | 54
13  | Macclesfield Town | 42  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 25  | 21  | 6  | 6  | 9  | 25  | 29  | 0  | 52
14  | Gateshead | 42  | 8  | 5  | 8  | 22  | 22  | 4  | 7  | 10  | 27  | 35  | −8  | 48
15  | Yeovil Town | 42  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 22  | 21  | 3  | 8  | 10  | 18  | 28  | −9  | 47
16  | Runcorn | 42  | 5  | 11  | 5  | 26  | 26  | 6  | 2  | 13  | 24  | 37  | −13  | 46
17  | Stafford Rangers | 42  | 7  | 8  | 6  | 25  | 24  | 3  | 8  | 10  | 16  | 35  | −18  | 46
18  | Altrincham | 42  | 5  | 8  | 8  | 33  | 39  | 6  | 4  | 11  | 28  | 43  | −21  | 45
19  | Kidderminster Harriers | 42  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 35  | 32  | 4  | 3  | 14  | 21  | 45  | −21  | 45
20  | Slough Town | 42  | 7  | 3  | 11  | 26  | 39  | 6  | 3  | 12  | 30  | 43  | −26  | 45
21  | Cheltenham Town | 42  | 8  | 5  | 8  | 28  | 35  | 2  | 8  | 11  | 28  | 47  | −26  | 43  | Relegated to the Southern League Premier Division
22  | Barrow | 42  | 5  | 8  | 8  | 29  | 23  | 3  | 6  | 12  | 23  | 49  | −20  | 38  | Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division

Source: [1]
Notes:

1. ^ FA Trophy winners
2. ^ a b c New club in the Conference
3. ^ After this season Redbridge Forest F.C. merged with Dagenham F.C. to form Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.

## Results

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Home \ Away  | ALT | BRW | BAT | BOS | CHL | COL | FAR | GAT | KET | KID | MAC | MER | NOR | RED | RUN | SLO | STA | TEL | WEL | WTN | WYC | YEO

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Altrincham |  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 2–4  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 2–2  | 3–7  | 3–0  | 2–3  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 0–4  | 2–1
Barrow | 0–2  |  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 5–1  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 2–3  | 3–4  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 6–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 0–0
Bath City | 3–2  | 2–1  |  | 2–0  | 5–1  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 3–2  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 3–1
Boston United | 2–1  | 4–1  | 1–0  |  | 3–3  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–5  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 5–1  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 1–3
Cheltenham Town | 0–2  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 4–3  | 3–2  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 2–3  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–7  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 3–2  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 1–1
Colchester United | 3–3  | 5–0  | 5–0  | 1–0  | 4–0  |  | 2–3  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 4–0
Farnborough Town | 3–0  | 5–0  | 1–2  | 5–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  |  | 3–1  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 4–2  | 0–0  | 2–4  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–0
Gateshead | 5–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 0–2  |  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 1–0
Kettering Town | 5–0  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 1–3  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 1–1  |  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 2–3  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–0
Kidderminster Harriers | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 5–3  | 2–3  |  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 2–1  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–1
Macclesfield Town | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 3–3  | 4–4  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 0–0  |  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 1–2
Merthyr Tydfil | 3–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–4  | 4–1  | 2–1  | 3–2  |  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–2
Northwich Victoria | 1–2  | 6–1  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 4–3  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 4–1  |  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 1–0
Redbridge Forest | 0–1  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 1–4  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 4–0  | 5–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 4–3  |  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 4–3  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 0–5  | 0–0
Runcorn | 2–2  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  |  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–2
Slough Town | 2–3  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 1–3  | 2–4  | 0–5  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 4–0  | 1–0  |  | 2–2  | 0–3  | 0–3  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–4
Stafford Rangers | 1–2  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 3–3  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  |  | 3–2  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 0–0
Telford United | 2–1  | 4–2  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 1–4  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 4–1  |  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–0
Welling United | 2–2  | 5–3  | 0–5  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 2–3  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 6–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 3–1  |  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–0
Witton Albion | 2–0  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 4–2  | 2–2  | 4–1  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 6–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  |  | 1–2  | 3–1
Wycombe Wanderers | 4–2  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 6–1  | 4–0  | 4–0  |  | 1–0
Yeovil Town | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–4  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  |

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1992–93. Headline, 1991. [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Altrincham

Barrow

Bath City

Boston United

Cheltenham Town

Colchester United

Redbridge Forest

Farnborough Town

Gateshead

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Macclesfield Town

Merthyr Tydfil

Northwich Victoria

Runcorn F.C. Halton

Slough Town

Stafford Rangers

Telford United

Welling United

Witton Albion

Wycombe Wanderers

Yeovil Town

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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1991–1992

Redbridge Forest

Welling

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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1991–1992

## Top scorers in order of league goals

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | League  | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup  | Total[1]

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1 |  Paul Cavell | Redbridge Forest | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33
= |  Terry Robbins |  Welling United | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30
3 | Gary Jones | Boston United | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31
4 | Roy McDonough | Colchester United | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29
5 | Simon Read | Farnborough Town | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35
= | Karl Thomas | Witton Albion | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 29
7 | Steve McGavin | Colchester United | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 28
= | David Webley | Merthyr Tydfil | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20
9 | Gary Abbott | Welling United | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25
= | Ken McKenna | Altrincham | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20
= | Malcolm O'Connor | Northwich Victoria | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22
= | Paul Randall | Bath City | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25
13 | Jon Graham | Kettering Town | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21
= | Keith Scott | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20
15 | Gary Bennett | Colchester United | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18
= | Richard Hill | Kettering Town | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19
= | Mickey Spencer | Yeovil Town | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24
= | Ceri Williams | Merthyr Tydfil | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19

## Promotion and relegation

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### Promoted

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* Colchester United (to the Football League Third Division)
* Bromsgrove Rovers (from the Southern Premier League)
* Stalybridge Celtic (from the Northern Premier League)
* Woking (from the Isthmian League)

### Relegated

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* Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
* Cheltenham Town (to the Southern Premier League)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Jack Rollin (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1992–93. Headline, 1992.

## External links

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* 1991–92 Conference National Results

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National League

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Clubs|

| National|

| Clubs|

* AFC Fylde
* Aldershot Town
* Altrincham
* Barnet
* Boston United
* Braintree Town
* Dagenham & Redbridge
* Eastleigh
* Ebbsfleet United
* Forest Green Rovers
* Gateshead
* FC Halifax Town
* Hartlepool United
* Maidenhead United
* Oldham Athletic
* Rochdale
* Solihull Moors
* Southend United
* Sutton United
* Tamworth
* Wealdstone
* Woking
* Yeovil Town
* York City

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Grounds|

* The Bolt New Lawn
* Boston Community Stadium
* Boundary Park
* Chigwell Construction Stadium
* Cressing Road
* Crown Oil Arena
* Damson Park
* Gateshead International Stadium
* Grosvenor Vale
* The Hive
* Huish Park
* Laithwaite Community Stadium
* The Lamb Ground
* Mill Farm
* Moss Lane
* Recreation Ground
* Roots Hall
* The Shay
* Silverlake Stadium
* Stonebridge Road
* VBS Community Stadium
* Victoria Park
* York Community Stadium
* York Road

North|

* Alfreton Town
* Brackley Town
* Buxton
* Chester
* Chorley
* Curzon Ashton
* Darlington
* Farsley Celtic
* Hereford
* Kidderminster Harriers
* King's Lynn Town
* Leamington
* Marine
* Needham Market
* Peterborough Sports
* Oxford City
* Radcliffe
* Rushall Olympic
* Scarborough Athletic
* Scunthorpe United
* South Shields
* Southport
* Spennymoor Town
* Warrington Town

South|

* Aveley
* Bath City
* Boreham Wood
* Chelmsford City
* Chesham United
* Chippenham Town
* Dorking Wanderers
* Eastbourne Borough
* Enfield Town
* Farnborough
* Hampton & Richmond Borough
* Hemel Hempstead Town
* Hornchurch
* Maidstone United
* Salisbury
* Slough Town
* St Albans City
* Tonbridge Angels
* Torquay United
* Truro City
* Welling United
* Weston-super-Mare
* Weymouth
* Worthing

Seasons|

* 1979–80
* 1980–81
* 1981–82
* 1982–83
* 1983–84
* 1984–85
* 1985–86
* 1986–87
* 1987–88
* 1988–89
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25
* 2025–26

See also: National League Cup

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National teams|

* Graham Taylor
* UEFA Euro 1992
* qualification
* Group 7

League competitions|

| Levels 1–4|

* Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)

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Level 5|

* Football Conference

Levels 6–7|

* Isthmian League (Premier, One)
* Northern Premier League (Premier, One)
* Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)

Levels 8–9|

* Isthmian League (Two, Three)
* Combined Counties League (level 8 only)
* Eastern Counties League (Premier, One)
* Essex Senior League (level 8 only)
* Hellenic League (Premier, One)
* Kent League (level 8 only)
* Midland Football Combination (level 8 only)
* North West Counties League (One, Two)
* Northern Counties East League (Premier, One)
* Northern League (One, Two)
* South Midlands League (Premier, One)
* Spartan League (Premier, One)
* Sussex County League (One, Two)
* United Counties League (Premier, One)
* Wessex League (level 8 only)
* West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only)
* Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions|

| FA cups|

* FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final)
* Charity Shield
* FA Trophy (Final)

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Football League cups|

* League Cup (Final)
* Full Members' Cup (Final)
* Associate Members' Cup (Final)

European competitions|

* European Cup
* UEFA Cup
* Cup Winners' Cup
* European Super Cup

Club seasons

First Division|

* Arsenal
* Aston Villa
* Chelsea
* Coventry City
* Crystal Palace
* Everton
* Leeds United
* Liverpool
* Luton Town
* Manchester City
* Manchester United
* Norwich City
* Nottingham Forest
* Notts County
* Oldham Athletic
* Queens Park Rangers
* Sheffield United
* Sheffield Wednesday
* Southampton
* Tottenham Hotspur
* West Ham United
* Wimbledon

Second Division|

* Barnsley
* Blackburn Rovers
* Brighton & Hove Albion
* Bristol City
* Bristol Rovers
* Cambridge United
* Charlton Athletic
* Derby County
* Grimsby Town
* Ipswich Town
* Leicester City
* Middlesbrough
* Millwall
* Newcastle United
* Oxford United
* Plymouth Argyle
* Port Vale
* Portsmouth
* Southend United
* Sunderland
* Swindon Town
* Tranmere Rovers
* Watford
* Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division|

* Birmingham City
* Bolton Wanderers
* Bournemouth
* Bradford City
* Brentford
* Bury
* Chester City
* Darlington
* Exeter City
* Fulham
* Hartlepool United
* Huddersfield Town
* Hull City
* Leyton Orient
* Peterborough United
* Preston North End
* Reading
* Shrewsbury Town
* Stockport County
* Stoke City
* Swansea City
* Torquay United
* West Bromwich Albion
* Wigan Athletic

Fourth Division|

* Aldershot
* Barnet
* Blackpool
* Burnley
* Cardiff City
* Carlisle United
* Chesterfield
* Crewe Alexandra
* Doncaster Rovers
* Gillingham
* Halifax Town
* Hereford United
* Lincoln City
* Maidstone United
* Mansfield Town
* Northampton Town
* Rochdale
* Rotherham United
* Scarborough
* Scunthorpe United
* Walsall
* Wrexham
* York City

Others|

* Colchester United

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*[HW]: Home won
*[HD]: Home drawn
*[HL]: Home lost
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*[HGA]: Home Goals against
*[AW]: Away won
*[AD]: Away drawn
*[AL]: Away lost
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