1966–67 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1966–67 Southern Football League season was the 64th in the history of the league, an English football competition. Romford won the championship, winning their first Southern League title, whilst Barnet, Bath City, Burton Albion and Hillingdon Borough were all promoted to the Premier Division. Twelve 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: Barnet Bath City Burton Albion Hillingdon Borough League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1966–67 Romford Bath CityBedford TownFolkestone TownWorcester City 462 1457 1965–66 1967–68 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division ROM Romford NUN Nuneaton Borough WEY Weymouth WIM Wimbledon BRN Barnet GUI Guildford City WEL Wellington Town CMU Cambridge United CHC Chelmsford City KIN King's Lynn HER Hereford United CMC Cambridge City CHT Cheltenham Town YEO Yeovil Town BUR Burton Albion COR Corby Town POO Poole Town YIE Hillingdon Borough BAT Bath City WOR Worcester City BED Bedford Town FOL Folkestone Town 22 8 12 80 60 21 9 12 82 54 18 14 10 64 40 19 11 12 88 60 18 13 11 86 66 19 10 13 65 51 20 7 15 70 67 16 13 13 75 67 15 15 12 66 59 15 14 13 78 72 16 12 14 79 61 15 13 14 66 70 16 11 15 60 71 14 14 14 66 72 17 5 20 63 71 15 9 18 60 75 14 11 17 52 65 11 13 18 49 70 11 12 19 51 74 11 8 23 59 79 8 13 21 54 72 6 15 21 44 81 #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 24 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division: Dartford Margate Rugby Town Tonbridge Plus: Banbury United, joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League At the end of the season Hinckley Athletic and Sittingbourne resigned from the Southern Football League, while Tunbridge Wells Rangers folded. League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One 1966–67 Dover DoverHastings UnitedMargateStevenage Town 552 1784 1965–66 1967–68 main WDL PR y 2 Division One DOV Dover HAS Hastings United MAR Margate STE Stevenage Town KET Kettering Town RAW Crawley Town RAM Ramsgate Athletic DAR Dartford TON Tonbridge TRO Trowbridge Town ASH Ashford Town (Kent) MER Merthyr Tydfil GLO Gloucester City CAN Canterbury City WIS Wisbech Town BEX Bexley United BAN Banbury United RUG Rugby Town DUN Dunstable Town BRT Barry Town GRA Gravesend & Northfleet HIN Hinckley Athletic TUN Tunbridge Wells Rangers SIT Sittingbourne 29 12 5 92 35 31 7 8 127 54 29 8 9 90 32 25 16 5 89 45 27 9 10 105 62 26 8 12 81 48 23 8 15 79 62 19 15 12 92 67 21 10 15 91 69 20 12 14 73 60 18 8 20 74 68 17 9 20 81 71 18 6 22 69 83 17 8 21 57 75 16 9 21 87 93 13 15 18 53 69 13 14 19 88 100 15 7 24 57 77 14 6 26 55 87 11 11 24 62 89 11 9 26 63 106 10 8 28 44 100 4 15 27 31 96 5 10 31 44 136 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P P P #FFCCCC Resigned to the West Midlands (Regional) League RES1 #FFCCCC Club folded FLD #FFCCCC Resigned to the Kent League RES2 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 twelve 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 2012-07-26 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 League46Bradford Park AvenueFootball League45York CityFootball League45RochdaleFootball League38Wigan AthleticCheshire League5RomfordSouthern League5Hereford UnitedSouthern League4Bedford TownSouthern League2Cambridge UnitedSouthern League2Chelmsford CitySouthern League1Wellington TownSouthern League1WimbledonSouthern League1Yeovil TownSouthern League1Cambridge CitySouthern League0Corby TownSouthern League0Guildford CitySouthern League0Kettering TownSouthern League0ScarboroughMidland League0 References RSSF – Southern Football League archive Category:Southern Football League seasons S