1951–52 Southern Football League

English Football league season March 2026 The 1951–52 Southern Football League season was the 49th in the history of the league, an English football competition. At the end of the previous season Torquay United resigned their second team from the league. No new clubs had joined the league for this season so the league consisted of 22 remaining clubs. Merthyr Tydfil were champions for the third season in a row, winning their fourth Southern League title. Five Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful. League table Southern Football League 1951–52 Merthyr Tydfil 462 1601 1950–51 1952–53 main WDL Results y 2 MER Merthyr Tydfil WEY Weymouth KID Kidderminster Harriers GUI Guildford City HER Hereford United WOR Worcester City KET Kettering Town LOV Lovells Athletic GLO Gloucester City BAT Bath City OXF Headington United BED Bedford Town BAR Barry Town CHC Chelmsford City DAR Dartford TON Tonbridge YEO Yeovil Town CHT Cheltenham Town EXE Exeter City II LLA Llanelly EBB Gravesend & Northfleet HAS Hastings United 27 6 9 128 60 22 13 7 81 42 22 10 10 70 40 18 16 8 66 47 21 9 12 80 59 23 4 15 86 73 18 10 14 83 56 18 10 14 87 68 19 8 15 68 55 19 6 17 75 67 16 11 15 55 53 16 10 16 75 64 18 6 18 84 89 15 10 17 67 80 15 9 18 63 65 15 6 21 63 84 12 11 19 56 76 15 4 23 59 85 13 7 22 76 106 13 6 23 70 111 12 7 23 68 88 3 5 34 41 131 complete rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Five 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 ClubLeagueVotesDarlingtonFootball League49Exeter CityFootball League47WalsallFootball League45WorkingtonFootball League40Wigan AthleticLancashire Combination9Worcester CitySouthern League3Bath CitySouthern League1Merthyr TydfilSouthern League1Peterborough UnitedMidland League1NelsonLancashire Combination0North ShieldsNorth Eastern League0Headington UnitedSouthern League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0New BrightonLancashire Combination0 References Category:Southern Football League seasons S