1956–57 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1956–57 Southern Football League season was the 54th in the history of the league, an English football competition. No new clubs had joined the league for this season so the league consisted of 22 clubs from previous season. Kettering Town were champions, winning their first Southern League title. Five Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful. At the end of the season Welsh FA refused to sanction Llanelly's stay in the Southern League, the club left the league after seven years and switched to the Welsh football pyramid. League table Southern Football League 1956–57 Kettering Town 462 1613 1955–56 1957–58 main WDL Results y 2 KET Kettering Town BED Bedford Town WEY Weymouth CHT Cheltenham Town EBB Gravesend & Northfleet LOV Lovells Athletic GUI Guildford City HER Hereford United OXF Headington United GLO Gloucester City HAS Hastings United WOR Worcester City DAR Dartford CHC Chelmsford City TON Tonbridge YEO Yeovil Town BAT Bath City EXE Exeter City II MER Merthyr Tydfil BAR Barry Town KID Kidderminster Harriers LLA Llanelly 28 10 4 106 47 25 8 9 89 52 22 10 10 92 71 19 15 8 73 46 21 11 10 74 58 21 7 14 99 84 18 11 13 68 49 19 8 15 96 60 19 7 16 64 61 18 8 16 74 72 17 9 16 70 58 16 10 16 81 80 16 10 16 79 88 16 9 17 73 85 14 12 16 74 65 14 11 17 83 85 15 8 19 56 78 10 10 22 52 89 9 11 22 72 95 6 11 25 39 84 7 10 25 60 83 -4 5 8 29 39 123 Kidderminster Harriers were deducted four points. #FFCCCC Left the league L 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 ClubLeagueVotesNorwich CityFootball League48Tranmere RoversFootball League48Crewe AlexandraFootball League47Swindon TownFootball League42Peterborough UnitedMidland League7Bedford TownSouthern League1Burton AlbionBirmingham & District League1Wigan AthleticLancashire Combination1Headington UnitedSouthern League0Kettering TownSouthern League0King's LynnMidland League0MorecambeLancashire Combination0NelsonLancashire Combination0North ShieldsNorth Eastern League0Worcester CitySouthern League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0 References Category:Southern Football League seasons S