Southern Football League Tables

1971/72 Tables 1972/73 Tables 1973/74 Tables

Southern Football League Premier Division  1972/73

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Kettering Town 42 20 17 5 74 44 1.682 57 Champions
2nd  Yeovil Town 42 21 14 7 67 31 2.161 56 Runners Up
3rd  Dover 42 23 9 10 61 38 1.605 55 -
4th  Chelmsford City 42 23 7 12 75 43 1.744 53 -
5th  Worcester City 42 20 13 9 68 47 1.447 53 -
6th  Weymouth 42 20 12 10 72 51 1.412 52 -
7th  Margate 42 17 15 10 80 60 1.333 49 -
8th  Bedford Town 42 16 15 11 43 36 1.194 47 -
9th  Nuneaton Borough 42 16 14 12 51 41 1.244 46 -
10th  Telford United 42 12 20 10 57 47 1.213 44 -
11th  Cambridge City 42 14 15 13 64 53 1.208 43 -
12th  Wimbledon 42 14 14 14 50 50 1.000 42 -
13th  Barnet 42 15 11 16 60 59 1.017 41 -
14th  Romford 42 17 5 20 51 65 0.785 39 -
15th  Hillingdon Borough 42 16 6 20 53 59 0.898 38 -
16th  Dartford 42 12 11 19 49 63 0.778 35 -
17th  Folkestone 42 11 11 20 41 72 0.569 33 -
18th  Guildford City 42 10 11 21 59 84 0.702 31 -
19th  Ramsgate 42 9 13 20 35 61 0.574 31 ▼Div 1 South
20th  Poole Town 42 10 10 22 50 88 0.568 30 ▼Div 1 South
21st  Burton Albion 42 9 7 26 43 81 0.531 25 ▼Div 1 North
22nd  Waterlooville 42 4 16 22 33 63 0.524 24 ▼Div 1 South

Southern Football League Division 1 North  1972/73

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Grantham 42 29 8 5 113 41 2.756 66 Champions
2nd  Atherstone Town 42 23 11 8 82 48 1.708 57 Runners Up
3rd  Cheltenham Town 42 24 8 10 87 47 1.851 56 -
4th  Rugby Town 42 20 10 12 60 47 1.277 50 Resigned
5th  Kidderminster Harriers 42 19 12 11 67 56 1.196 50 -
6th  Merthyr Tydfil 42 17 12 13 51 40 1.275 46 -
7th  Corby Town 42 14 16 12 62 56 1.107 44 -
8th  Stourbridge 42 16 11 15 70 64 1.094 43 -
9th  Gloucester City 42 18 7 17 55 64 0.859 43 -
10th  Bromsgrove Rovers 42 17 8 17 63 54 1.167 42 -
11th  Redditch United 42 18 6 18 58 59 0.983 42 -
12th  Banbury United 42 18 5 19 60 53 1.132 41 -
13th  Wellingborough Town 42 17 7 18 58 71 0.817 41 -
14th  King's Lynn 42 14 12 16 48 49 0.980 40 -
15th  Lockheed Leamington 42 13 12 17 51 58 0.879 38 -
16th  Enderby Town 42 12 14 16 50 61 0.820 38 -
17th  Stevenage Athletic 42 12 13 17 50 63 0.794 37 -
18th  Tamworth 42 14 8 20 45 65 0.692 36 -
19th  Bury Town 42 13 9 20 52 69 0.754 35 -
20th  Barry Town 42 11 10 21 39 71 0.549 32 -
21st  Ilkeston Town 42 9 6 27 35 68 0.515 24 Resigned
22nd  Bedworth United 42 10 3 29 42 94 0.447 23 -

Southern Football League Division 1 South  1972/73

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Maidstone United 42 25 12 5 90 38 2.368 62 Champions
2nd  Tonbridge 42 26 7 9 70 44 1.591 59 Runners Up
3rd  Ashford Town (Kent) 42 24 7 11 90 40 2.250 55 -
4th  Bideford 42 19 14 9 70 43 1.628 52 -
5th  Minehead 42 20 12 10 65 47 1.383 52 -
6th  Gravesend & Northfleet 42 22 7 13 81 55 1.473 51 -
7th  Bath City 42 18 11 13 56 54 1.037 47 -
8th  Wealdstone 42 16 12 14 81 61 1.328 44 -
9th  Bletchley Town 42 14 13 15 54 51 1.059 41 Div 1 North
10th  Hastings United 42 14 13 15 53 53 1.000 41 -
11th  Andover 42 15 11 16 62 70 0.886 41 -
12th  Canterbury City 42 14 12 16 51 59 0.864 40 -
13th  Basingstoke Town 42 14 12 16 48 57 0.842 40 -
14th  Crawley Town 42 14 11 17 59 76 0.776 39 -
15th  Metropolitan Police 42 15 8 19 82 75 1.093 38 -
16th  Bexley United 42 12 14 16 54 64 0.844 38 -
17th  Trowbridge Town 42 15 8 19 65 77 0.844 38 -
18th  Salisbury 42 14 10 18 49 60 0.817 38 -
19th  Bognor Regis Town 42 12 9 21 41 66 0.621 33 -
20th  Dorchester Town 42 10 12 20 47 73 0.644 32 -
21st  Winchester City 42 7 11 24 41 79 0.519 25 Resigned
22nd  Dunstable Town 42 4 10 28 38 105 0.362 18 Div 1 North

Southern Football League - End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the Southern Football League

 ▼Ilkeston Town Resigned from the League and Joined the Midland League
 Rugby Town Resigned from the League and ceased playing but did not fold and continued to subscribe to County FA, they resumed playing in 1993
 Winchester City Resigned from the League Joined the Hampshire League

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Teams Joining the Southern Football League

 Witney Town Joined from the Hellenic Football League

Team Name Changes

 - Lockheed Leamington changed their name to AP Leamington

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