1969–70 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1969–70 Southern Football League season was the 67th in the history of the league, an English football competition. Cambridge United won the championship, winning their second Southern League title in a row and were elected to the Football League, whilst Ashford Town (Kent), Bedford Town, Cambridge City, Dartford were all promoted to the Premier Division. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One: Bath City Brentwood Town Crawley Town Gloucester City Also, at the end of the previous season Wellington Town were renamed Telford United. Cambridge United was elected to the Football League in place of Bradford Park Avenue. At the end of the season Brentwood Town resigned from the league after three seasons and folded. Thus, Gloucester City and Nuneaton Borough remained in the division. League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1969–70 Cambridge United Burton AlbionCrawley Town 462 1319 1968–69 1970–71 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division CMU Cambridge United YEO Yeovil Town CHC Chelmsford City WEY Weymouth WIM Wimbledon YIE Hillingdon Borough BRN Barnet WEL Telford United BRE Brentwood Town HER Hereford United BAT Bath City KIN King's Lynn MAR Margate DOV Dover KET Kettering Town WOR Worcester City ROM Romford POO Poole Town GLO Gloucester City NUN Nuneaton Borough RAW Crawley Town BUR Burton Albion 26 6 10 84 50 25 7 10 78 48 20 11 11 76 58 18 14 10 59 37 19 12 11 64 52 19 12 11 56 50 16 15 11 71 54 18 10 14 61 62 16 13 13 61 38 18 9 15 74 65 18 8 16 63 55 16 11 15 72 68 17 8 17 70 64 15 10 17 51 50 18 3 21 64 75 14 10 18 35 44 13 11 18 50 62 8 19 15 48 57 12 9 21 53 73 11 10 21 52 74 6 15 21 53 101 3 9 30 24 82 #ACE1AF Elected to the Football League Fourth Division P #FFCCCC Club folded FLD #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One R R inherit Reprieved from relegation REP REP complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division: Bedford Town Cheltenham Town Guildford City Rugby Town At the end of the season Wisbech Town resigned from the league and switched to the Eastern Counties Football League. League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One 1969–70 Bedford Town Ashford Town (Kent)Bedford TownCambridge CityDartford 462 1440 1968–69 1970–71 main WDL PR y 2 Division One BED Bedford Town CMC Cambridge City DAR Dartford ASH Ashford Town (Kent) RUG Rugby Town TRO Trowbridge Town HAS Hastings United GUI Guildford City BAN Banbury United CHT Cheltenham Town CAN Canterbury City COR Corby Town FOL Folkestone RAM Ramsgate Athletic SAL Salisbury GRA Gravesend & Northfleet BEX Bexley United DUN Dunstable Town MER Merthyr Tydfil BRT Barry Town WIS Wisbech Town TON Tonbridge 26 9 7 93 37 26 8 8 104 43 24 11 7 88 46 19 16 7 71 43 20 10 12 82 66 20 8 14 72 65 18 11 13 67 51 19 9 14 68 58 19 8 15 86 72 20 5 17 78 81 15 13 14 61 57 14 15 13 58 54 19 5 18 57 55 14 13 15 53 57 12 14 16 47 53 13 11 18 62 71 10 11 21 58 76 11 9 22 52 82 9 11 22 40 80 11 6 25 39 76 8 9 25 58 116 4 10 28 46 101 #ACE1AF Promoted to Premier Division P P P P #FFCCCC Resigned to the Eastern Counties League R complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 13 non-League clubs applied for election, ten of which were Southern League clubs. Three League clubs were re-elected, and Cambridge United were elected.http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League 2012-07-29 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesDarlingtonFootball League47HartlepoolFootball League42Cambridge UnitedSouthern League31Newport CountyFootball League31Bradford Park AvenueFootball League17Wigan AthleticNorthern Premier League3Cambridge CitySouthern League2Yeovil TownSouthern League1Bedford TownSouthern League1Hereford UnitedSouthern League1MorecambeNorthern Premier League1RomfordSouthern League1Boston UnitedNorthern Premier League0Chelmsford CitySouthern League0Hillingdon BoroughSouthern League0Telford UnitedSouthern League0WimbledonSouthern League0 See also Southern Football League 1969–70 Northern Premier League References RSSF – Southern Football League archive Category:Southern Football League seasons S