Southern Football League Tables

1985/86 Tables 1986/87 Tables 1987/88 Tables

Southern Football League Premier Division  1986/87

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Fisher Athletic 42 25 11 6 72 29 +43 86 ▲Champions
2nd  Bromsgrove Rovers 42 24 11 7 82 41 +41 83 Runners Up
3rd  Aylesbury United 42 24 11 7 72 40 +32 83 -
4th  Dartford 42 19 12 11 76 43 +33 69 -
5th  Chelmsford City 42 17 13 12 48 45 +3 64 -
6th  Cambridge City 42 14 20 8 68 52 +16 62 -
7th  Redditch United 42 16 14 12 59 54 +5 62 -
8th  Alvechurch 42 18 8 16 66 62 +4 62 -
9th  Corby Town 42 14 17 11 65 51 +14 59 -
10th  Worcester City 42 16 11 15 62 55 +7 59 -
11th  Shepshed Charterhouse 42 16 10 16 59 59 0 58 -
12th  Bedworth United 42 15 12 15 55 51 +4 57 -
13th  Crawley Town 42 14 11 17 59 60 -1 53 -
14th  Fareham Town 42 11 17 14 58 49 +9 50 -
15th  Willenhall Town 42 13 11 18 48 57 -9 50 -
16th  Basingstoke Town 42 12 12 18 53 78 -25 48 ISL Prem
17th  Witney Town 42 12 12 18 29 56 -27 48 -
18th  Gosport Borough 42 11 13 18 42 57 -15 46 -
19th  Salisbury 42 12 7 23 52 82 -30 43 South Div
20th  King's Lynn 42 9 13 20 48 72 -24 40 Mid Div
21st  Dudley Town 42 9 9 24 39 76 -37 36 Mid Div
22nd  Folkestone 42 8 11 23 36 79 -43 35 South Div

Southern Football League Midland Division  1986/87

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  VS Rugby 38 25 5 8 81 43 +38 80 ▲Champions
2nd  Leicester United 38 26 1 11 89 49 +40 79 Runners Up
3rd  Merthyr Tydfil 38 23 6 9 95 54 +41 75 -
4th  Moor Green 38 22 6 10 73 55 +18 72 -
5th  Halesowen Town 38 19 12 7 72 50 +22 69 -
6th  Hednesford Town 38 21 5 12 84 56 +28 68 -
7th  Gloucester City 38 19 5 14 77 59 +18 62 -
8th  Coventry Sporting 38 17 8 13 55 54 +1 59 -
9th  Forest Green Rovers 38 16 9 13 65 53 +12 57 -
10th  Stourbridge 38 16 7 15 56 56 0 55 -
11th  Grantham 38 15 9 14 74 54 +20 54 -
12th  Banbury United 38 14 7 17 55 65 -10 49 -
13th  Buckingham Town 38 13 9 16 55 59 -4 48 -
14th  Bridgnorth Town 38 12 9 17 59 63 -4 45 -
15th  Wellingborough Town 38 13 6 19 55 76 -21 45 -
16th  Mile Oak Rovers 38 11 10 17 50 63 -13 43 -
17th  Sutton Coldfield Town 38 8 10 20 56 78 -22 34 -
18th  Bilston Town 38 8 7 23 37 76 -39 31 -
19th  Leamington 38 4 13 21 37 80 -43 25 Resigned
20th  Rushden Town 38 1 10 27 42 124 -82 13 -

Southern Football League Southern Division  1986/87

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Dorchester Town 38 23 8 7 83 42 +41 77 ▲Champions
2nd  Ashford Town (Kent) 38 23 7 8 63 32 +31 76 Runners Up
3rd  Woodford Town 38 22 6 10 72 44 +28 72 Resigned
4th  Hastings Town 38 20 10 8 74 54 +20 70 -
5th  Dover Athletic 38 20 6 12 66 43 +23 66 -
6th  Gravesend & Northfleet 38 18 7 13 67 46 +21 61 -
7th  Tonbridge 38 16 10 12 73 67 +6 58 -
8th  Erith & Belvedere 38 15 12 11 57 50 +7 57 -
9th  Chatham Town 38 16 9 13 52 46 +6 57 -
10th  Thanet United 38 14 14 10 56 50 +6 56 -
11th  Waterlooville 38 16 8 14 66 65 +1 56 -
12th  Trowbridge Town 38 15 9 14 77 65 +12 54 Mid Division
13th  Dunstable 38 13 9 16 60 57 +3 48 -
14th  Corinthian 38 11 12 15 56 65 -9 45 -
15th  Sheppey United 38 9 12 17 43 64 -21 39 -
16th  Andover 38 9 9 20 51 80 -29 36 -
17th  Burnham & Hillingdon 38 7 11 20 32 62 -30 32 -
18th  Poole Town 38 8 6 24 50 90 -40 30 -
19th  Ruislip 38 6 12 20 35 75 -40 30 -
20th  Canterbury City 38 8 5 25 46 82 -36 29 -

Southern Football League - End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the Southern Football League

 Fisher Athletic were Promoted to the 1987/88 Football Conference
 ►Basingstoke Town Transferred to the Isthmian League Premier Division
 Leamington Resigned from the League and joined the Midland Combination
 Woodford Town Resigned from the League and joined the Essex Senior League

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Teams Joining the Southern Football League

 Nuneaton Borough were Demoted from the 1986/87 Football Conference
 ►Burton Albion Transferred from the Northern Premier League Premier Division
 Atherstone United were Promoted from the West Midlands League
 ▲Baldock Town were Promoted from the United Counties League
 ▲Bury Town were Promoted from the Eastern Counties League
 ▲Hounslow were Promoted from the Hellenic League
 ▲Paget Rangers were Promoted from the Midland Combination

Team Name Changes

 - Burnham & Hillingdon changed their name to Burnham
 - Grantham changed their name to Grantham Town

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