Southern Football League Tables

1970/71 Tables 1971/72 Tables 1972/73 Tables

Southern Football League Premier Division  1971/72

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Chelmsford City 42 28 6 8 109 46 2.370 62 Champions
2nd  Hereford United 42 24 12 6 68 30 2.267 60 Elected to FL
3rd  Dover 42 20 11 11 67 45 1.489 51 -
4th  Barnet 42 21 7 14 80 57 1.404 49 -
5th  Dartford 42 20 8 14 75 68 1.103 48 -
6th  Weymouth 42 21 5 16 69 43 1.605 47 -
7th  Yeovil Town 42 18 11 13 67 51 1.314 47 -
8th  Hillingdon Borough 42 20 6 16 64 58 1.103 46 -
9th  Margate 42 19 8 15 74 68 1.088 46 -
10th  Wimbledon 42 19 7 16 75 64 1.172 45 -
11th  Romford 42 16 13 13 54 49 1.102 45 -
12th  Guildford City 42 20 5 17 71 65 1.092 45 -
13th  Telford United 42 18 7 17 83 68 1.221 43 -
14th  Nuneaton Borough 42 16 10 16 46 47 0.979 42 -
15th  Bedford Town 42 16 9 17 59 66 0.894 41 -
16th  Worcester City 42 17 7 18 46 57 0.807 41 -
17th  Cambridge City 42 12 14 16 68 71 0.958 38 -
18th  Folkestone 42 14 7 21 58 64 0.906 35 -
19th  Poole Town 42 9 11 22 41 72 0.569 29 -
20th  Bath City 42 11 4 27 45 86 0.523 26 ▼Div 1 South
21st  Merthyr Tydfil 42 7 8 27 29 93 0.312 22 ▼Div 1 North
22nd  Gravesend & Northfleet 42 5 6 31 30 110 0.273 16 ▼Div 1 South

Southern Football League Division 1 North  1971/72

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Kettering Town 34 23 6 5 70 27 2.593 52 Champions
2nd  Burton Albion 34 18 13 3 58 27 2.148 49 Runners Up
3rd  Cheltenham Town 34 20 4 10 72 51 1.412 44 -
4th  Rugby Town 34 18 7 9 52 36 1.444 43 -
5th  Wellingborough Town 34 15 10 9 73 44 1.659 40 -
6th  Stourbridge 34 13 14 7 59 42 1.405 40 -
7th  King's Lynn 34 14 11 9 62 45 1.378 39 -
8th  Corby Town 34 15 9 10 47 35 1.343 39 -
9th  Ilkeston Town 34 14 11 9 44 38 1.158 39 -
10th  Banbury United 34 14 5 15 54 46 1.174 33 -
11th  Bury Town 34 14 5 15 47 44 1.068 33 -
12th  Wealdstone 34 14 5 15 51 58 0.879 33 Div 1 South
13th  Lockheed Leamington 34 15 3 16 41 52 0.788 33 -
14th  Gloucester City 34 8 8 18 46 61 0.754 24 -
15th  Stevenage Athletic 34 8 8 18 41 69 0.594 24 -
16th  Bletchley Town 34 7 7 20 36 70 0.514 21 Div 1 South
17th  Dunstable Town 34 5 7 22 29 75 0.387 17 Div 1 South
18th  Barry Town 34 1 7 26 22 84 0.262 9 -

Southern Football League Division 1 South  1971/72

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Waterlooville 30 15 9 6 40 22 1.818 39 Champions
2nd  Ramsgate Athletic 30 14 11 5 42 27 1.556 39 Runners Up
3rd  Maidstone United 30 14 10 6 48 28 1.714 38 -
4th  Crawley Town 30 15 5 10 67 55 1.218 35 -
5th  Metropolitan Police 30 15 3 12 48 41 1.171 33 -
6th  Tonbridge 30 12 9 9 37 34 1.088 33 -
7th  Bexley United 30 14 4 12 52 46 1.130 32 -
8th  Basingstoke Town 30 14 4 12 37 36 1.028 32 -
9th  Andover 30 11 9 10 32 34 0.941 31 -
10th  Ashford Town (Kent) 30 12 4 14 43 48 0.896 28 -
11th  Salisbury 30 10 7 13 45 44 1.023 27 -
12th  Winchester City 30 10 7 13 40 47 0.851 27 -
13th  Hastings United 30 10 7 13 28 42 0.667 27 -
14th  Trowbridge Town 30 8 7 15 41 49 0.837 23 -
15th  Canterbury City 30 7 8 15 39 56 0.696 22 -
16th  Woodford Town 30 4 6 20 22 52 0.423 14 Resigned

Southern Football League - End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the Southern Football League

 Hereford United were Elected to the Football League Fourth Division
 ▼Woodford Town Resigned from the League and Joined the Essex Senior League

 

Teams Joining the Southern Football League

 Atherstone Town Joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League
 Bedworth United Joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League
 Bideford Joined from the Western League
 Bognor Regis Town Joined from the Sussex County League
 Bromsgrove Rovers Joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League
 Dorchester Town Joined from the Western League
 Enderby Town Joined from the Leicestershire Senior League
 Grantham Joined from the Midland League
 Kidderminster Harriers Joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League
 Minehead Joined from the Western League
 Redditch United Joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League
 Tamworth Joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League

Team Name Changes

 - Ramsgate Athletic changed their name to Ramsgate

1970/71 Tables 1971/72 Tables 1972/73 Tables