1948–49 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1948–49 Southern Football League season was the 46th in the history of the league, an English football competition. The league consisted of 22 clubs, including all 18 clubs from the previous season, and four newly elected clubs. Hastings United, a new club Kidderminster Harriers, joined from the Birmingham & District League Tonbridge, a new club Chingford Town, a new club Gillingham were champions, winning their second Southern League title. Four Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none was successful. League table Southern Football League 1948–49 Gillingham 462 1677 1947–48 1949–50 main WDL Results y 5 2 GIL Gillingham CHC Chelmsford City MER Merthyr Tydfil COL Colchester United WOR Worcester City DAR Dartford EBB Gravesend & Northfleet YEO Yeovil Town CHT Cheltenham Town KID Kidderminster Harriers EXE Exeter City II HER Hereford United BAT Bath City HAS Hastings United TOR Torquay United II LOV Lovell's Athletic GUI Guildford City GLO Gloucester City BAR Barry Town TON Tonbridge CHI Chingford Town BED Bedford Town 26 10 6 104 48 27 7 8 115 64 26 8 8 133 54 21 10 11 94 61 22 7 13 87 56 21 9 12 73 53 20 9 13 60 46 19 9 14 90 53 19 9 14 71 64 19 6 17 77 94 18 7 17 83 73 17 6 19 83 84 15 8 19 72 87 14 10 18 69 93 15 7 20 73 93 14 8 20 73 74 12 12 18 58 85 12 10 20 78 100 12 10 20 55 95 9 7 26 54 105 6 9 27 43 94 5 8 29 32 101 complete rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Eight Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League, but 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 2011-07-12 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesBradford CityFootball League45SouthportFootball League42AldershotFootball League41Crystal PalaceFootball League40Worcester CitySouthern League5GillinghamSouthern League5Shrewsbury TownMidland League5Scunthorpe UnitedMidland League5Merthyr TydfilSouthern League3Yeovil TownSouthern League2Peterborough UnitedMidland League0Wigan AthleticLancashire Combination0South LiverpoolCheshire League0North ShieldsNorth Eastern League0NelsonLancashire Combination0 References Category:Southern Football League seasons S