1952–53 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1952–53 Southern Football League season was the 50th 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. Headington United were champions for the first time in their history. Five Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful. League table Southern Football League 1952–53 Headington United 462 1660 1951–52 1953–54 main WDL Results y 2 OXF Headington United MER Merthyr Tydfil BED Bedford Town KET Kettering Town BAT Bath City WOR Worcester City LLA Llanelly BAR Barry Town EBB Gravesend & Northfleet GLO Gloucester City GUI Guildford City HAS Hastings United CHT Cheltenham Town WEY Weymouth HER Hereford United TON Tonbridge LOV Lovell's Athletic YEO Yeovil Town CHC Chelmsford City EXE Exeter City Reserves KID Kidderminster Harriers DAR Dartford 23 12 7 93 50 25 8 9 117 66 24 8 10 91 61 23 8 11 88 50 22 10 10 71 46 20 11 11 100 66 21 9 12 95 72 22 3 17 89 69 19 7 16 83 76 17 9 16 50 78 17 8 17 64 60 18 5 19 75 66 15 11 16 70 89 15 10 17 70 75 17 5 20 76 73 12 9 21 62 88 12 8 22 68 81 11 10 21 75 99 12 7 23 58 92 13 4 25 71 94 12 5 25 54 85 6 5 31 40 121 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 ClubLeagueVotesShrewsbury TownFootball League46Accrington StanleyFootball League45WalsallFootball League41WorkingtonFootball League36Wigan AthleticLancashire Combination17Peterborough UnitedMidland League6Yeovil TownSouthern League2Bath CitySouthern League2Headington UnitedSouthern League0Hereford UnitedSouthern League1NelsonLancashire Combination0New BrightonLancashire Combination0North ShieldsNorth Eastern League0Worcester CitySouthern League0 References Category:Southern Football League seasons S