1965–66 Southern Football League

English football competition March 2026 The 1965–66 Southern Football League season was the 63rd in the history of the league, an English football competition. Weymouth won the championship for the second time in a row, whilst Barnet, Bath City, Burton Albion and Hillingdon Borough were all promoted to the Premier Division. Nine 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: Corby Town Hereford United Poole Town Wimbledon League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1965–66 Weymouth DartfordMargateRugby TownTonbridge 462 1548 1964–65 1966–67 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division WEY Weymouth CHC Chelmsford City HER Hereford United BED Bedford Town WIM Wimbledon CMC Cambridge City ROM Romford WOR Worcester City YEO Yeovil Town CMU Cambridge United KIN King's Lynn COR Corby Town WEL Wellington Town NUN Nuneaton Borough FOL Folkestone Town GUI Guildford City POO Poole Town CHT Cheltenham Town DAR Dartford RUG Rugby Town TON Tonbridge MAR Margate 22 13 7 70 35 21 12 9 74 50 21 10 11 81 49 23 6 13 80 57 20 10 12 80 47 19 11 12 67 52 21 7 14 87 72 20 8 14 69 54 17 11 14 91 70 18 9 15 72 64 18 7 17 75 72 16 9 17 66 73 13 13 16 65 70 15 8 19 60 74 14 9 19 53 75 14 8 20 70 84 14 7 21 61 75 13 9 20 69 99 13 7 22 62 69 11 10 21 67 95 11 6 25 63 101 8 10 24 66 111 #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One R R R R complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One Division One expanded up to 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs: Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division: Bath City Bexley United Hastings United Wisbech Town Plus: Barnet, joined from the Athenian League Dunstable Town, joined from the Metropolitan League League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One 1965–66 Barnet BarnetBath CityBurton AlbionHillingdon Borough 552 1845 1964–65 1966–67 main WDL PR y 2 Division One BRN Barnet HIL Hillingdon Borough BUR Burton Albion BAT Bath City HAS Hastings United WIS Wisbech Town CAN Canterbury City STE Stevenage Town KET Kettering Town MER Merthyr Tydfil DUN Dunstable Town RAW Crawley Town BEX Bexley United TRO Trowbridge Town DOV Dover BRT Barry Town GRA Gravesend & Northfleet GLO Gloucester City SIT Sittingbourne RAM Ramsgate Athletic HIN Hinckley Athletic TUN Tunbridge Wells Rangers ASH Ashford Town (Kent) DEA Deal Town 30 9 7 114 49 27 10 9 101 46 28 8 10 121 60 25 13 8 88 50 25 10 11 104 59 25 9 12 98 54 25 8 13 89 66 23 9 14 86 49 22 9 15 77 74 22 6 18 95 68 15 14 17 76 72 17 10 19 72 71 20 4 22 65 71 16 11 19 79 81 17 8 21 59 62 16 10 20 72 94 16 9 21 84 86 14 12 20 75 98 11 12 23 77 121 9 15 22 35 76 10 12 24 58 93 12 8 26 47 88 9 10 27 44 92 3 4 39 29 165 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P P P #FFCCCC Resigned from 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 14 non-League clubs applied for election, including nine 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 2012-07-24 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 League43Bradford CityFootball League42WrexhamFootball League40RochdaleFootball League40Wigan AthleticCheshire League5Cambridge UnitedSouthern League5Hereford UnitedSouthern League4Bedford TownSouthern League3RomfordSouthern League2MorecambeLancashire Combination2Corby TownSouthern League1Wellington TownSouthern League1WimbledonSouthern League0ScarboroughMidland League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0FolkestoneSouthern League0 References RSSF – Southern Football League archive Category:Southern Football League seasons S