1964–65 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1964–65 Southern Football League season was the 62nd in the history of the league, an English football competition. Weymouth won the championship, whilst Corby Town, Hereford United, Poole Town and Wimbledon were all promoted to the Premier Division. Nine 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, promoted from Division One: Cheltenham Town Folkestone Town King's Lynn Tonbridge League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1964–65 Weymouth Bath CityBexley UnitedHastings UnitedWisbech Town 462 1590 1963–64 1965–66 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division WEY Weymouth GUI Guildford City WOR Worcester City YEO Yeovil Town CHC Chelmsford City MAR Margate DAR Dartford NUN Nuneaton Borough CMC Cambridge City BED Bedford Town CMU Cambridge United CHT Cheltenham Town FOL Folkestone Town ROM Romford KIN King's Lynn TON Tonbridge WEL Wellington Town RUG Rugby Town WIS Wisbech Town BEX Bexley United HAS Hastings United BAT Bath City 24 8 10 99 50 21 12 9 73 49 22 6 14 100 62 18 14 10 76 55 21 8 13 86 77 20 9 13 88 79 17 11 14 74 64 19 7 16 57 55 16 11 15 78 66 17 9 16 66 70 16 9 17 72 69 15 11 16 72 78 17 7 18 72 79 17 7 18 61 70 13 13 16 56 79 10 16 16 66 75 13 10 19 63 78 15 6 21 71 98 14 6 22 75 91 14 5 23 67 74 9 14 19 58 86 13 3 26 60 86 #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One R R R R complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division: Hereford United Hinckley Athletic Kettering Town Merthyr Tydfil Plus: Wimbledon, transferred from the Isthmian League Also, Yiewsley changed name to Hillingdon Borough. League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One 1964–65 Hereford United Corby TownHereford UnitedPoole TownWimbledon 462 1620 1963–64 1965–66 main WDL PR y 2 Division One HER Hereford United WIM Wimbledon POO Poole Town COR Corby Town STE Stevenage Town YIE Hillingdon Borough RAW Crawley Town MER Merthyr Tydfil GLO Gloucester City BUR Burton Albion CAN Canterbury City KET Kettering Town RAM Ramsgate Athletic DOV Dover HIN Hinckley Athletic TRO Trowbridge Town ASH Ashford Town (Kent) BAR Barry Town DEA Deal Town TUN Tunbridge Wells Rangers GRA Gravesend & Northfleet SIT Sittingbourne 34 4 4 124 39 24 13 5 108 52 26 6 10 92 56 24 7 11 88 55 19 13 10 83 43 21 7 14 105 63 22 5 15 83 52 20 9 13 75 59 19 10 13 68 65 20 7 15 83 75 13 16 13 73 53 14 13 15 74 64 16 8 18 51 59 14 10 18 54 59 13 9 20 57 81 13 5 24 68 106 11 8 23 60 98 11 7 24 47 103 7 13 22 61 127 10 6 26 51 107 9 7 26 57 101 8 5 29 58 103 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P 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 14 non-League clubs applied for election, including nine Southern League clubs. 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 2012-07-23 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 League48Stockport CountyFootball League45BarrowFootball League41Halifax TownFootball League41Bedford TownSouthern League4GatesheadNorthern League4Guildford CitySouthern League3Hereford UnitedSouthern League2Wigan AthleticCheshire League2Cambridge UnitedSouthern League1MorecambeLancashire Combination1RomfordSouthern League1South ShieldsNorth Eastern League1Wellington TownSouthern League1WimbledonSouthern League1Bexley UnitedSouthern League0Corby TownSouthern League0New BrightonLancashire Combination0 References RSSF – Southern Football League archive Category:Southern Football League seasons S