1973–74 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1973–74 Southern Football League season was the 71st in the history of the league, an English football competition. Dartford won the championship, winning their third Southern League title, whilst Burton Albion, Stourbridge, Bath City and Wealdstone were all promoted to the Premier Division. Six Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs: Two clubs promoted from Division One North: Atherstone Town Grantham Two clubs promoted from Division One South: Maidstone United Tonbridge At the end of the season Guildford City, who lost its ground earlier, merged with Dorking to form a new club Guildford & Dorking United. Also, Folkestone was renamed Folkestone and Shepway. League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1973–74 Dartford Bedford TownFolkestoneHillingdon BoroughWorcester City 462 1149 1972–73 1974–75 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division DAR Dartford GRN Grantham CHC Chelmsford City KET Kettering Town MAI Maidstone United YEO Yeovil Town WEY Weymouth BRN Barnet NUN Nuneaton Borough CMC Cambridge City ATH Atherstone Town WIM Wimbledon TEL Telford United DOV Dover TON Tonbridge ROM Romford MAR Margate GUI Guildford City WOR Worcester City BED Bedford Town FOL Folkestone HIL Hillingdon Borough 22 13 7 67 37 18 13 11 70 49 19 10 13 62 49 16 16 10 62 51 16 14 12 54 43 13 20 9 45 39 19 7 16 60 41 18 9 15 55 46 13 19 10 54 47 15 12 15 45 54 16 9 17 61 59 15 11 16 50 56 12 16 14 51 57 11 17 14 41 46 12 15 15 38 45 11 17 14 39 52 15 8 19 56 63 13 11 18 48 67 11 14 17 53 67 11 14 17 38 51 11 12 19 56 65 9 15 18 44 65 inherit Merged into Guildford & Dorking United R #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One North R1N R1N #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One South R1S R1S complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One North Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs: Bletchley Town, transferred from Division One South Burton Albion, relegated from the Premier Division Dunstable Town, transferred from Division One South Witney Town, joined from the Hellenic Football League Also, at the end of the previous season Lockheed Leamington was renamed AP Leamington. At the end of the season Bletchley Town was renamed Milton Keynes City. League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One North 1973–74 Stourbridge Burton AlbionStourbridge 462 1332 1972–73 1974–75 main WDL PR y 2 Division One North STB Stourbridge BTA Burton Albion CHT Cheltenham Town LEA AP Leamington END Enderby Town WIT Witney Town STE Stevenage Athletic BAN Banbury United KIN King's Lynn KID Kidderminster Harriers MER Merthyr Tydfil RED Redditch United BRO Bromsgrove Rovers BWU Bedworth United TAM Tamworth COR Corby Town BLE Bletchley Town BAR Barry Town BRY Bury Town GLO Gloucester City WEL Wellingborough Town DUN Dunstable Town 29 11 2 103 36 27 9 6 88 32 24 8 10 75 51 21 12 9 82 45 19 14 9 60 36 20 10 12 69 55 19 11 12 65 46 19 11 12 69 57 19 10 13 65 50 15 14 13 67 53 16 12 14 70 61 14 11 17 56 73 14 10 18 54 61 14 10 18 50 77 13 11 18 42 51 12 11 19 40 57 10 15 17 47 71 10 8 24 53 85 10 6 26 57 84 10 6 26 52 81 7 9 26 42 87 5 11 26 26 83 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One South Division One North consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division: Poole Town Ramsgate Waterlooville League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One South 1973–74 Wealdstone Bath CityWealdstone 380 996 1972–73 1974–75 main WDL PR y 2 Division One South WEA Wealdstone BAT Bath City WAT Waterlooville MIN Minehead BID Bideford POO Poole Town BEX Bexley United HAS Hastings United BAS Basingstoke Town GRA Gravesend & Northfleet BRT Bognor Regis Town ASH Ashford Town (Kent) RAM Ramsgate DOR Dorchester Town CAN Canterbury City TRO Trowbridge Town SAL Salisbury MET Metropolitan Police AND Andover RAW Crawley Town 26 7 5 75 35 20 8 10 55 34 16 15 7 55 38 16 15 7 69 52 17 12 9 61 51 18 9 11 67 47 18 7 13 50 42 16 9 13 45 36 14 11 13 55 44 13 13 12 58 52 13 12 13 48 54 14 8 16 41 42 13 9 16 46 44 10 13 15 40 48 9 12 17 37 46 8 14 16 44 61 10 9 19 40 60 9 11 18 37 61 11 3 24 38 70 6 9 23 35 79 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of seven non-League clubs applied for election, six of which were Southern League clubs. All the 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 2012-08-20 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesDoncaster RoversFootball League46Stockport CountyFootball League38Crewe AlexandraFootball League37WorkingtonFootball League21Kettering TownSouthern League16Yeovil TownSouthern League14Wigan AthleticNorthern Premier League10Chelmsford CitySouthern League8Nuneaton BoroughSouthern League1Telford UnitedSouthern League1Cambridge CitySouthern League0 See also Southern Football League 1973–74 Northern Premier League References RSSF – Southern Football League archive Category:Southern Football League seasons S