1970's◄ Southern Football League ►1990's
English Football - League Positions - 1980'S
| Southern Football League Midland & Southern Division (79/80-81/82) |
| Southern Football League Premier Division (from 82/83) |
Finishing League Positions - SFL
|
Club |
79/80 | 80/81 | 81/82 | 82/83 | 83/84 | 84/85 | 85/86 | 86/87 | 87/88 | 88/89 |
| MID/SOU | MID/SOU | MID/SOU | Prem | Prem | Prem | Prem | Prem | Prem | Prem | |
| Addlestone & Weybridge Town | 9th | 9th | 9th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alvechurch | 8th | 1st | 2nd | 13th | 16th | 15th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 14th |
| Andover | 13th | 24th | 23rd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AP Leamington | - | - | - | 1st | 13th | 20th | - | - | - | - |
| Ashford Town (Kent) | 19th | 16th | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 18th |
| Aylesbury United | 2nd | 11th | 11th | - | - | - | 8th | 3rd | 1st | - |
| Banbury United | 13th | 16th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barry Town | 11th | 5th | 9th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basingstoke Town | 22nd | 14th | 12th | - | - | - | 15th | 16th | - | - |
| Bath City | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th |
| Bedford Town | 3rd | 2nd | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedworth United | 16th | 15th | 6th | 5th | 11th | 12th | 10th | 12th | 14th | 22nd |
| Bognor Regis Town | 6th | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bridgend Town | 1st | 11th | 13th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bromsgrove Rovers | 10th | 9th | 14th | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 4th | 10th |
| Burton Albion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | 8th |
| Cambridge City | 21st | 18th | 20th | - | - | - | - | 6th | 3rd | 5th |
| Canterbury City | 15th | 19th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chelmsford City | 21st | 18th | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 2nd | 5th | 19th | - |
| Cheltenham Town | 19th | 8th | 16th | - | 8th | 1st | - | - | - | - |
| Corby Town | 22nd | 10th | 10th | 15th | 14th | 11th | 13th | 9th | 10th | 16th |
| Crawley Town | 20th | 15th | 21st | - | - | 3rd | 6th | 13th | 6th | 12th |
| Dartford | 5th | 1st | - | 6th | 1st | - | - | 4th | 2nd | 2nd |
| Dorchester Town | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 9th | 19th | - | - | - | 11th | 13th |
| Dover Athletic (Dover) | 3rd | 7th | 13th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th |
| Dudley Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 21st | - | - |
| Dunstable | 8th | 10th | 16th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fareham Town | 11th | 23rd | 5th | 8th | 15th | 14th | 19th | 14th | 9th | 19th |
| Fisher Athletic | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 1st | - | - |
| Folkestone (& Shepway) | 18th | 21st | 22nd | - | 7th | 7th | 9th | 22nd | - | - |
| Gloucester City | 18th | 13th | 5th | 11th | 9th | 18th | - | - | - | - |
| Gosport Borough | 4th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 18th | - | 18th | 18th | 15th | 7th |
| Gravesend & Northfleet | - | - | - | 10th | 4th | 13th | 20th | - | - | - |
| Hastings United | 10th | 3rd | 2nd | 16th | 10th | 16th | - | - | - | - |
| Hillingdon Borough | 7th | 13th | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hounslow | 16th | 12th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| King's Lynn | 12th | - | - | - | 6th | 2nd | 14th | 20th | - | - |
| Leicester United (Enderby Town) | 6th | 7th | 7th | 17th | - | - | - | - | 8th | 20th |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 5th | 14th | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1st |
| Milton Keynes City | 17th | 22nd | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minehead | 2nd | 12th | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moor Green | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th |
| Nuneaton Borough | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | 21st | - |
| Poole Town | 14th | 8th | 6th | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Redditch United | - | 21st | 22nd | - | - | - | - | 7th | 18th | 21st |
| Road-Sea Southampton | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 16th | - | - | - |
| Salisbury | 23rd | 20th | 17th | - | - | - | - | 19th | - | - |
| Shepshed Charterhouse | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | 7th | 11th | 13th | - |
| Stourbridge | 7th | 6th | 4th | 14th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sutton Coldfield Town | - | - | - | - | 17th | - | - | - | - | - |
| Taunton Town | 14th | 17th | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thanet United (Margate) | 17th | 22nd | 24th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tonbridge Angels | 24th | 17th | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trowbridge Town | 9th | 3rd | - | - | - | 19th | - | - | - | - |
| VS Rugby | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | 3rd |
| Waterlooville | 12th | 5th | 7th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | 17th |
| Wealdstone | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11th |
| Welling United | - | - | 8th | 3rd | 12th | 6th | 1st | - | - | - |
| Wellingborough Town | 20th | 20th | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Willenhall Town | -- | - | - | - | - | 4th | 11th | 15th | 20th | - |
| Witney Town | 15th | 19th | 8th | 12th | 5th | 17th | 17th | 17th | 22nd | - |
| Worcester City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 10th | 5th | 4th |
1970's◄ Southern Football League ►1990's