1970–71 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1970–71 Southern Football League season was the 68th in the history of the league, an English football competition. Yeovil Town won the championship, winning their third Southern League title, whilst Folkestone, Gravesend & Northfleet, Guildford City and Merthyr Tydfil were all promoted to the Premier Division. Eight Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful. At the end of the season Division One was split into divisions One North and One South with 14 new clubs joining the league. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One: Ashford Town (Kent) Bedford Town Cambridge City Dartford League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1970–71 Yeovil Town Ashford Town (Kent)Gloucester CityKettering TownKing's Lynn 462 1287 1969–70 1971–72 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division YEO Yeovil Town CMC Cambridge City ROM Romford HER Hereford United CHC Chelmsford City BRN Barnet BED Bedford Town WIM Wimbledon WOR Worcester City WEY Weymouth DAR Dartford DOV Dover MAR Margate YIE Hillingdon Borough BAT Bath City NUN Nuneaton Borough WEL Telford United POO Poole Town KIN King's Lynn ASH Ashford Town (Kent) KET Kettering Town GLO Gloucester City 25 7 10 66 31 22 11 9 66 38 23 9 10 63 42 23 8 11 71 53 20 11 11 61 32 18 14 10 69 49 20 10 12 62 46 20 8 14 72 54 20 8 14 61 46 14 16 12 64 47 15 12 15 53 51 16 9 17 64 63 15 10 17 64 70 17 6 19 61 68 13 12 17 48 68 12 12 18 43 66 13 8 21 64 70 14 6 22 57 75 11 7 24 44 67 8 13 21 52 86 8 11 23 48 84 6 10 26 34 81 #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One North RN RN RN #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One South RS complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One Division One consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division: Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division Burton Albion Crawley Town Plus: Stevenage Athletic, joined from the Metropolitan League At the end of the season Division One was split into divisions One North and One South with 14 new clubs joining the league. League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One 1970–71 Guildford City FolkestoneGravesend & NorthfleetGuildford CityMerthyr Tydfil 380 1174 1969–70 1971–72 (North)1971–72 (South) main WDL PR y 2 Division One GUI Guildford City MER Merthyr Tydfil GRA Gravesend & Northfleet FOL Folkestone BUR Burton Albion RUG Rugby Town RAM Ramsgate Athletic TRO Trowbridge Town BEX Bexley United RAW Crawley Town HAS Hastings United BAN Banbury United COR Corby Town SAL Salisbury CHT Cheltenham Town STE Stevenage Athletic TON Tonbridge BRT Barry Town DUN Dunstable Town CAN Canterbury City 22 10 6 76 36 19 12 7 52 33 19 10 9 74 42 20 8 10 83 53 19 10 9 56 37 17 14 7 58 40 20 5 13 83 54 19 7 12 78 55 17 11 10 57 45 15 11 12 84 68 13 12 13 51 50 13 11 14 58 53 14 8 16 57 60 13 7 18 56 60 8 15 15 44 58 12 7 19 55 79 8 8 22 48 83 9 6 23 35 82 8 4 26 32 81 5 4 29 37 105 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P P P inherit Placed to Division One North N N N N N N N N inherit Placed to Division One South S S S S S S S S complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 12 non-League clubs applied for election, eight of which were Southern League clubs. All 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 2012-07-30 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesLincoln CityFootball League47BarrowFootball League38HartlepoolFootball League33Newport CountyFootball League33Wigan AthleticNorthern Premier League14Cambridge CitySouthern League2Telford UnitedSouthern League2Yeovil TownSouthern League2Boston UnitedNorthern Premier League1RomfordSouthern League1Bradford Park AvenueNorthern Premier League1GatesheadWearside League1Bedford TownSouthern League0Chelmsford CitySouthern League0Hillingdon BoroughSouthern League0Kettering TownSouthern League0 See also Southern Football League 1970–71 Northern Premier League References RSSF – Southern Football League archive Category:Southern Football League seasons S