Southern Football League Tables

1987/88 Tables 1988/89 Tables 1989/90 Tables

Southern Football League Premier Division  1988/89

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Merthyr Tydfil 42 26 7 9 104 58 +46 85 ▲Champions
2nd  Dartford 42 25 7 10 79 33 +46 82 Runners Up
3rd  VS Rugby 42 24 7 11 64 43 +21 79 -
4th  Worcester City 42 20 13 9 72 49 +23 73 -
5th  Cambridge City 42 20 10 12 72 51 +21 70 -
6th  Dover Athletic 42 19 12 11 65 47 +18 69 -
7th  Gosport Borough 42 18 12 12 73 47 +16 66 -
8th  Burton Albion 42 18 10 14 79 68 +11 64 -
9th  Bath City 42 15 13 14 66 51 +15 58 -
10th  Bromsgrove Rovers 42 14 16 12 68 56 +12 58 -
11th  Wealdstone 42 16 10 16 60 53 +7 58 -
12th  Crawley Town 42 14 16 12 64 56 +8 58 -
13th  Dorchester Town 42 14 16 12 56 61 -5 58 -
14th  Alvechurch 42 16 8 18 56 59 -3 56 -
15th  Moor Green 42 14 13 15 58 70 -12 55 -
16th  Corby Town 42 14 11 17 55 59 -4 53 -
17th  Waterlooville 42 13 13 16 61 63 -2 52 -
18th  Ashford Town (Kent) 42 13 13 16 59 76 -17 52 -
19th  Fareham Town 42 15 6 21 43 68 -25 51 South Div
20th  Leicester United 42 6 11 25 46 87 -41 29 Mid Div
21st  Redditch United 42 5 7 30 36 105 -69 22 Mid Div
22nd  Bedworth United 42 4 7 31 36 102 -66 19 Mid Div

Southern Football League Midland Division  1988/89

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Gloucester City 42 28 8 6 95 37 +58 92 ▲Champions
2nd  Atherstone United 42 26 9 7 85 38 +47 87 Runners Up
3rd  Tamworth 42 26 9 7 85 45 +40 87 -
4th  Halesowen Town 42 25 10 7 85 42 +43 85 -
5th  Grantham Town 42 23 11 8 66 37 +29 80 -
6th  Nuneaton Borough 42 19 9 14 71 58 +13 66 -
7th  Rushden Town 42 19 8 15 71 50 +21 65 -
8th  Spalding United 42 17 13 12 72 64 +8 64 -
9th  Dudley Town 42 16 13 13 73 62 +11 61 -
10th  Sutton Coldfield Town 42 18 7 17 56 56 0 61 -
11th  Willenhall Town 42 16 12 14 65 71 -6 60 -
12th  Forest Green Rovers 42 12 16 14 64 67 -3 52 -
13th  Bilston Town 42 15 7 20 63 71 -8 52 -
14th  Ashtree Highfield 42 12 15 15 57 62 -5 51 -
15th  Hednesford Town 42 12 15 15 49 57 -8 51 -
16th  Banbury United 42 10 14 18 53 74 -21 44 -
17th  Bridgnorth Town 42 12 7 23 59 77 -18 43 -
18th  Stourbridge 42 11 10 21 37 65 -28 43 -
19th  King's Lynn 42 7 13 22 31 67 -36 34 -
20th  Coventry Sporting 42 6 13 23 39 91 -52 31 Folded
21st  Wellingbourne Town 42 5 15 22 39 72 -33 30 Relegated
22nd  Mile Oak Rovers 42 5 10 27 46 98 -52 25 Relegated

Southern Football League Southern Division  1988/89

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Chelmsford City 42 30 5 7 106 38 +68 95 ▲Champions
2nd  Gravesend & Northfleet 42 27 6 9 70 40 +30 87 Runners Up
3rd  Poole Town 42 24 11 7 98 48 +50 83 -
4th  Bury Town 42 25 7 10 75 34 +41 82 -
5th  Burnham 42 22 13 7 78 47 +31 79 -
6th  Baldock Town 42 23 5 14 69 40 +29 74 -
7th  Hastings Town 42 21 11 10 75 48 +27 74 -
8th  Hounslow 42 21 6 15 75 60 +15 69 -
9th  Salisbury 42 20 5 17 79 58 +21 65 -
10th  Trowbridge Town 42 19 7 16 59 52 +7 64 -
11th  Folkestone 42 17 8 17 62 65 -3 59 -
12th  Corinthian 42 13 13 16 59 69 -10 52 -
13th  Canterbury City 42 14 8 20 52 60 -8 50 -
14th  Witney Town 42 13 11 18 61 71 -10 50 -
15th  Dunstable 42 11 14 17 42 57 -15 47 -
16th  Buckingham Town 42 12 10 20 56 79 -23 46 -
17th  Erith & Belvedere 42 11 10 21 48 63 -15 43 -
18th  Andover 42 11 9 22 56 90 -34 42 -
19th  Sheppey United 42 10 8 24 50 90 -40 38 -
20th  Thanet United 42 7 10 20 47 95 -48 36 -
21st  Tonbridge 42 7 6 29 50 98 -48 27 Relegated
22nd  Ruislip 42 6 8 28 47 112 -65 26 Folded

Southern Football League - End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the Southern Football League

 Merthyr Tydfil were Promoted to the 1989/90 Football Conference
 Coventry Sporting Folded and Resigned from the League
 Mile Oak Rovers were Relegated to the Midland Combination
 Ruislip Folded and Resigned from the League
 Tonbridge were Relegated to the Kent League
 Wellingborough Town were Relegated to the United Counties League

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Teams Joining the Southern Football League

 Weymouth were Relegated from the 1988/89 Football Conference
 Barry Town Joined from the Welsh Football League
 ▲Bashley were Promoted from the Wessex League
 ▲Hythe Town were Promoted from the Kent League
 Racing Club Warwick were Promoted from the Midland Football Combination
 Yate Town were Promoted from the Hellenic League

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