1963–64 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1963–64 Southern Football League season was the 61st in the history of the league, an English football competition. Yeovil Town won the championship, whilst Cheltenham Town, Folkestone Town, King's Lynn, and Tonbridge were all promoted to the Premier Division. Seven 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: Hastings United Hinckley Athletic Margate Nuneaton Borough Also, Bexleyheath & Welling changed name to Bexley United. League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1963–64 Yeovil Town Hereford UnitedHinckley AthleticKettering TownMerthyr Tydfil 462 1574 1962–63 1964–65 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division YEO Yeovil Town CHE Chelmsford City BAT Bath City GUI Guildford City ROM Romford HAS Hastings United WEY Weymouth BED Bedford Town CMU Cambridge United CMC Cambridge City WIS Wisbech Town BEX Bexley United DAR Dartford WOR Worcester City NUN Nuneaton Borough RUG Rugby Town MAR Margate WEL Wellington Town MER Merthyr Tydfil HER Hereford United KET Kettering Town HIN Hinckley Athletic 29 5 8 93 36 26 7 9 99 55 24 9 9 88 51 21 9 12 90 55 20 9 13 71 58 20 8 14 75 61 20 7 15 65 53 19 9 14 71 68 17 9 16 92 77 17 9 16 76 70 17 8 17 64 68 16 10 16 70 77 16 8 18 56 71 12 15 15 70 74 15 8 19 58 61 15 8 19 68 86 12 13 17 68 81 12 9 21 73 85 12 8 22 69 108 12 7 23 58 86 10 5 27 49 89 7 6 29 51 104 #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 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs: Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division: Clacton Town Gravesend & Northfleet Poole Town Plus: Crawley Town, joined from the Metropolitan League Deal Town, joined from the Aetolian League Stevenage Town, joined from the Delphian League Also, Tunbridge Wells United changed name to Tunbridge Wells Rangers. At the end of the season, Yiewsley changed name to Hillingdon Borough, while Clacton Town switched to the Eastern Football League. League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One 1963–64 Folkestone Town Cheltenham TownFolkestone TownKing's LynnTonbridge 462 1585 1962–63 1964–65 main WDL PR y 2 Division One FOL Folkestone Town KIN King's Lynn CHE Cheltenham Town TON Tonbridge COR Corby Town STE Stevenage Town ASH Ashford Town (Kent) BUR Burton Albion POO Poole Town DOV Dover CAN Canterbury City RAW Crawley Town TRO Trowbridge Town CLA Clacton Town GLO Gloucester City YIE Yiewsley SIT Sittingbourne RAM Ramsgate Athletic TUN Tunbridge Wells Rangers GRA Gravesend & Northfleet DEA Deal Town BAR Barry Town 28 7 7 82 38 28 5 9 94 44 25 10 7 92 49 24 11 7 98 54 24 7 11 114 56 21 6 15 70 59 19 9 14 73 57 19 8 15 76 70 17 11 14 75 61 18 9 15 86 75 16 12 14 66 66 20 2 20 81 71 16 9 17 71 78 19 1 22 76 88 17 4 21 88 89 15 8 19 63 77 15 8 19 52 70 13 9 20 57 55 10 8 24 47 89 7 9 26 43 96 5 7 30 48 106 3 6 33 33 137 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P P P #FFCCCC Resigned to the Eastern Football League RES complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 13 non-League clubs applied for election, including seven 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 2012-07-20 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesYork CityFootball League48SouthportFootball League45BarrowFootball League42Hartlepools UnitedFootball League36Wigan AthleticCheshire League5GatesheadNorthern League4RomfordSouthern League4Yeovil TownSouthern League3South ShieldsNorth Eastern League3New BrightonLancashire Combination2Guildford CitySouthern League2Gloucester CitySouthern League1MorecambeLancashire Combination1WeymouthSouthern League1Bexley UnitedSouthern League0Poole TownSouthern League0ScarboroughMidland League0 References RSSF – Southern Football League archive Category:Southern Football League seasons S