1972–73 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1972–73 Southern Football League season was the 70th in the history of the league, an English football competition. Kettering Town won the championship, winning their third Southern League title, whilst Atherstone Town, Grantham, Maidstone United and Tonbridge were all promoted to the Premier Division. Eight 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: Two clubs promoted from Division One North: Burton Albion Kettering Town Two clubs promoted from Division One South: Ramsgate Athletic, who were renamed Ramsgate at the end of the previous season Waterlooville League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1972–73 Kettering Town Burton AlbionPoole TownRamsgateWaterlooville 462 1236 1971–72 1973–74 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division KET Kettering Town YEO Yeovil Town DOV Dover CHC Chelmsford City WOR Worcester City WEY Weymouth MAR Margate BED Bedford Town NUN Nuneaton Borough TEL Telford United CMC Cambridge City WIM Wimbledon BRN Barnet ROM Romford HIL Hillingdon Borough DAR Dartford FOL Folkestone GUI Guildford City RAM Ramsgate POO Poole Town BTA Burton Albion WAT Waterlooville 20 17 5 74 44 21 14 7 67 31 23 9 10 61 38 23 7 12 75 43 20 13 9 68 47 20 12 10 72 51 17 15 10 80 60 16 15 11 43 36 16 14 12 51 41 12 20 10 57 47 14 15 13 64 53 14 14 14 50 50 15 11 16 60 59 17 5 20 51 65 16 6 20 53 59 12 11 19 49 63 11 11 20 41 72 10 11 21 59 84 9 13 20 35 61 10 10 22 50 88 9 7 26 43 81 4 16 22 33 63 #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One South R1S R1S R1S #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One North R1N complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One North Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season and nine new clubs: Six clubs joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League: Atherstone Town Bedworth United Bromsgrove Rovers Kidderminster Harriers Redditch United Tamworth Plus: Enderby Town, joined from the Leicestershire Senior League Grantham, joined from the Midland League Merthyr Tydfil, relegated from the Premier Division At the end of the season Lockheed Leamington was renamed AP Leamington. League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One North 1972–73 Grantham Atherstone TownGrantham 462 1298 1971–72 1973–74 main WDL PR y 2 Division One North GRN Grantham ATH Atherstone Town CHT Cheltenham Town RUG Rugby Town KID Kidderminster Harriers MER Merthyr Tydfil COR Corby Town STB Stourbridge GLO Gloucester City BRO Bromsgrove Rovers RED Redditch United BAN Banbury United WEL Wellingborough Town KIN King's Lynn LEA Lockheed Leamington END Enderby Town STE Stevenage Athletic TAM Tamworth BRY Bury Town BAR Barry Town ILK Ilkeston Town BWU Bedworth United 29 8 5 113 41 23 11 8 82 48 24 8 10 87 47 20 10 12 60 47 19 12 11 67 56 17 12 13 51 40 14 16 12 62 56 16 11 15 70 64 18 7 17 55 64 17 8 17 63 54 18 6 18 58 59 18 5 19 60 53 17 7 18 58 71 14 12 16 48 49 13 12 17 51 58 12 14 16 50 61 12 13 17 50 63 14 8 20 45 65 13 9 20 52 69 11 10 21 39 71 9 6 27 35 68 10 3 29 42 94 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P #FFCCCC Resigned from the league F #FFCCCC Resigned to the Midland League R complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One South Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season and nine new clubs: Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division: Bath City Gravesend & Northfleet Three clubs transferred from Division One North: Bletchley Town Dunstable Town Wealdstone Three clubs joined from the Western League Bideford Dorchester Town Minehead Plus: Bognor Regis Town, joined from the Sussex County League League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One South 1972–73 Maidstone United Maidstone UnitedTonbridge 462 1347 1971–72 1973–74 main WDL PR y 2 Division One South MAI Maidstone United TON Tonbridge ASH Ashford Town (Kent) BID Bideford MIN Minehead GRA Gravesend & Northfleet BAT Bath City WEA Wealdstone BLE Bletchley Town HAS Hastings United AND Andover CAN Canterbury City BAS Basingstoke Town RAW Crawley Town MET Metropolitan Police BEX Bexley United TRO Trowbridge Town SAL Salisbury BRT Bognor Regis Town DOR Dorchester Town WCC Winchester City DUN Dunstable Town 25 12 5 90 38 26 7 9 70 44 24 7 11 90 40 19 14 9 70 43 20 12 10 65 47 22 7 13 81 55 18 11 13 56 54 16 12 14 81 61 14 13 15 54 51 14 13 15 53 53 15 11 16 62 70 14 12 16 51 59 14 12 16 48 57 14 11 17 59 76 15 8 19 82 75 12 14 16 54 64 15 8 19 65 77 14 10 18 49 60 12 9 21 41 66 10 12 20 47 73 7 11 24 41 79 4 10 28 38 105 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P #CCCCFF Transferred to Division One North T1N T1N #FFCCCC Resigned to the Hampshire League R complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 10 non-League clubs applied for election, eight of which were Southern League clubs. All the 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 2012-08-12 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesColchester UnitedFootball League48Northampton TownFootball League43Crewe AlexandraFootball League36DarlingtonFootball League26Yeovil TownSouthern League14Kettering TownSouthern League12Wigan AthleticNorthern Premier League10Chelmsford CitySouthern League4Cambridge CitySouthern League1Nuneaton BoroughSouthern League1Telford UnitedSouthern League1Bedford TownSouthern League0Boston UnitedNorthern Premier League0WimbledonSouthern League0 See also Southern Football League 1972–73 Northern Premier League References RSSF – Southern Football League archive Category:Southern Football League seasons S