Southern Football League Tables

1977/78 Tables 1978/79 Tables 1979/80 Tables

Southern Football League Premier Division  1978/79

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Worcester City 42 27 11 4 92 33 +59 65 Promoted APL
2nd  Kettering Town 42 27 7 8 109 43 +66 61 Promoted APL
3rd  Telford United 42 22 10 10 60 39 +21 54 Promoted APL
4th  Maidstone United 42 18 18 6 55 35 +20 54 Promoted APL
5th  Bath City 42 17 19 6 59 41 +18 53 Promoted APL
6th  Weymouth 42 18 15 9 71 51 +20 51 Promoted APL
7th  AP Leamington 42 19 11 12 65 53 +12 49 Promoted APL
8th  Redditch United 42 19 10 13 70 57 +13 48 Promoted APL
9th  Yeovil Town 42 15 16 11 59 49 +10 46 Promoted APL
10th  Witney Town 42 17 10 15 53 52 +1 44 SFL Midland
11th  Nuneaton Borough 42 13 17 12 59 50 +9 43 Promoted APL
12th  Gravesend & Northfleet 42 15 12 15 56 55 +1 42 Promoted APL
13th  Barnet 42 16 10 16 52 64 -12 42 Promoted APL
14th  Hillingdon Borough 42 12 16 14 50 41 +9 40 SFL Southern
15th  Wealdstone 42 12 12 18 51 59 -8 36 Promoted APL
16th  Atherstone Town 42 9 17 16 46 65 -19 35 Resigned
17th  Dartford 42 10 14 18 40 56 -16 34 SFL Southern
18th  Cheltenham Town 42 11 10 21 38 72 -34 32 SFL Midland
19th  Margate 42 10 9 23 44 75 -31 29 SFL Southern
20th  Dorchester Town 42 7 11 24 46 86 -40 25 SFL Southern
21st  Hastings United 42 5 13 24 37 85 -48 23 SFL Southern
22nd  Bridgend Town 42 6 6 30 39 90 -51 18 SFL Midland

Southern Football League Division 1 North  1978/79

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Grantham 38 21 10 7 70 45 +25 52 NPL
2nd  Merthyr Tydfil 38 22 7 9 90 53 +37 51 SFL Midland
3rd  Alvechurch 38 20 10 8 70 42 +28 50 SFL Midland
4th  Bedford Town 38 19 9 10 74 49 +25 47 SFL Midland
5th  King's Lynn 38 17 11 10 57 46 +11 45 SFL Midland
6th  Oswestry Town 38 18 8 12 63 43 +20 44 NPL
7th  Gloucester City 38 18 8 12 76 59 +17 44 SFL Midland
8th  Burton Albion 38 16 10 12 51 40 +11 42 NPL
9th  Kidderminster Harriers 38 13 14 11 70 60 +10 40 SFL Midland
10th  Bedworth United 38 13 14 11 41 34 +7 40 SFL Midland
11th  Tamworth 38 15 8 15 47 45 +2 38 NPL
12th  Stourbridge 38 15 7 16 64 61 +3 37 SFL Midland
13th  Barry Town 38 14 9 15 51 53 -2 37 SFL Midland
14th  Enderby Town 38 14 8 16 46 55 -9 36 SFL Midland
15th  Banbury United 38 10 13 15 42 58 -16 33 SFL Midland
16th  Wellingborough Town 38 13 6 19 50 71 -21 32 SFL Midland
17th  Cambridge City 38 9 9 20 37 62 -25 27 SFL Midland
18th  Bromsgrove Rovers 38 6 14 18 33 61 -28 26 SFL Midland
19th  Milton Keynes City 38 7 9 22 37 87 -50 23 SFL Midland
20th  Corby Town 38 5 6 27 40 85 -45 16 SFL Midland

Southern Football League Division 1 South  1978/79

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Dover 40 28 9 3 88 20 +68 65 ►SFL Southern
2nd  Folkestone & Shepway 40 22 6 12 84 50 +34 50 ►SFL Southern
3rd  Gosport Borough 40 19 11 10 62 47 +15 49 ►SFL Southern
4th  Chelmsford City 40 20 7 13 65 61 +4 47 ►SFL Southern
5th  Minehead 40 16 13 11 58 39 +19 45 ►SFL Midland
6th  Poole Town 40 15 15 10 48 44 +4 45 ►SFL Southern
7th  Hounslow 40 16 12 12 56 45 +11 44 ►SFL Southern
8th  Waterlooville 40 17 10 13 52 43 +9 44 ►SFL Southern
9th  Trowbridge Town 40 15 12 13 65 61 +4 42 ►SFL Midland
10th  Aylesbury United 40 16 9 15 54 52 +2 41 ►SFL Southern
11th  Taunton Town 40 16 9 15 53 51 +2 41 ►SFL Midland
12th  Bognor Regis Town 40 17 7 16 58 58 0 41 ►SFL Southern
13th  Dunstable 40 18 4 18 57 55 +2 40 ►SFL Southern
14th  Tonbridge Angels 40 15 10 15 43 47 -4 40 ►SFL Southern
15th  Salisbury 40 13 10 17 47 51 -4 36 ►SFL Southern
16th  Basingstoke Town 40 12 11 17 49 62 -13 35 ►SFL Southern
17th  Addlestone 40 12 9 19 56 64 -8 33 ►SFL Southern
18th  Andover 40 12 6 22 47 69 -22 30 ►SFL Southern
19th  Ashford Town (Kent) 40 10 10 20 28 53 -25 30 ►SFL Southern
20th  Crawley Town 40 9 9 22 44 75 -31 27 ►SFL Southern
21st  Canterbury City 40 6 3 31 31 98 -67 15 ►SFL Southern

Southern Football League - End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the Southern Football League

 Worcester City were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 AP Leamington were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Barnet were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Bath City were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Gravesend & Northfleet were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Kettering Town were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Maidstone United were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Nuneaton Borough were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Redditch United were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Telford United were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Wealdstone were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Weymouth were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 Yeovil Town were Promoted to the newly formed Alliance Premier League
 ►Burton Albion Transferred to the Northern Premier League
 ►Grantham Transferred to the Northern Premier League
 ►Oswestry Town Transferred to the Northern Premier League
 ►Tamworth Transferred to the Northern Premier League
 ▼Atherstone Town Resigned from the League and Folded

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Teams Joining the Southern Football League

 Fareham Town Joined from the Hampshire League

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