1955–56 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1955–56 Southern Football League season was the 53rd in the history of the league, an English football competition. No new clubs had joined the league for this season so the league consisted of 22 clubs from previous season. Guildford City were champions, winning their first Southern League title. Seven Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful. League table Southern Football League 1955–56 Guildford City 462 1720 1954–55 1956–57 main WDL Results y 2 GUI Guildford City CHT Cheltenham Town YEO Yeovil Town BED Bedford Town DAR Dartford WEY Weymouth GLO Gloucester City LOV Lovells Athletic CHC Chelmsford City KET Kettering Town EXE Exeter City II EBB Gravesend & Northfleet HER Hereford United HAS Hastings United OXF Headington United KID Kidderminster Harriers LLA Llanelly BAR Barry Town WOR Worcester City TON Tonbridge MER Merthyr Tydfil BAT Bath City 26 8 8 74 34 25 6 11 82 53 23 9 10 98 55 21 9 12 99 69 20 9 13 78 62 19 10 13 83 63 19 9 14 72 60 19 9 14 91 78 18 10 14 67 55 16 11 15 105 86 17 9 16 75 76 17 8 17 79 75 17 7 18 90 90 15 10 17 90 73 17 6 19 82 86 14 7 21 86 108 14 6 22 64 98 11 11 20 91 108 12 9 21 66 83 11 11 20 53 74 7 10 25 52 127 7 10 25 43 107 complete rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Seven Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League Non-League Matters 2011-08-05 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesBradford Park AvenueFootball League47Crewe AlexandraFootball League45Crystal PalaceFootball League44Swindon TownFootball League42Peterborough UnitedMidland League8Wigan AthleticLancashire Combination2Boston UnitedMidland League1Burton AlbionBirmingham & District League1Gloucester CitySouthern League1NelsonLancashire Combination1Bedford TownSouthern League0Chelmsford CitySouthern League0Hastings UnitedSouthern League0Headington UnitedSouthern League0King's LynnMidland League0Worcester CitySouthern League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0 References Category:Southern Football League seasons S