1959–60 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1959–60 Southern Football League season was the 57th in the history of the league, an English football competition. The league split into a Premier Division and Division One, the first time the league had had two hierarchical divisions since 1919–20. Bath City won the championship, whilst Clacton Town, Romford, Folkestone Town and Guildford City were all promoted to the Premier Division. Eleven Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful. Premier Division Premier Division was formed at the end of the previous season, with eleven top clubs from both North-West and South-East divisions joined. At the end of the season Headington United was renamed Oxford United. League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1959–60 Bath City Barry TownKettering TownNuneaton BoroughPoole Town 462 1722 1958–59 (North-West)1958–59 (South-East) 1960–61 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division BAT Bath City OXF Headington United WEY Weymouth CHT Cheltenham Town CAC Cambridge City CHC Chelmsford City BED Bedford Town KLY King's Lynn BOS Boston United WIS Wisbech Town YEO Yeovil Town HER Hereford United TON Tonbridge HAS Hastings United TEL Wellington Town DAR Dartford EBB Gravesend & Northfleet WOR Worcester City NUN Nuneaton Borough BAR Barry Town POO Poole Town KET Kettering Town 32 3 7 116 50 23 8 11 78 61 22 9 11 93 69 21 6 15 82 68 18 11 13 81 72 19 7 16 90 70 21 3 18 97 85 17 11 14 89 78 17 10 15 83 80 17 10 15 81 84 17 8 17 81 73 15 12 15 70 74 16 8 18 79 73 16 8 18 63 77 13 11 18 63 78 15 7 20 64 82 14 8 20 69 84 13 10 19 72 89 11 11 20 64 78 14 5 23 78 103 10 8 24 69 96 9 10 23 60 90 #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One R R R R complete rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One Division One was formed at the end of the previous season with clubs finished below eleventh place in North-West and South East divisions joined. Also, Division One featured ten new clubs: Eight clubs from the disbanded Kent League: Ashford Town (Kent) Bexleyheath & Welling Dover Folkestone Town Margate Ramsgate Athletic Sittingbourne Tunbridge Wells United Plus: Hinckley Athletic, from the Birmingham & District League Romford, from the Isthmian League League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One 1959–60 Clacton Town Clacton TownRomfordFolkestone TownGuildford City 462 1625 1958–59 (North-West)1958–59 (South-East) 1960–61 main WDL PR y 2 Division One CLA Clacton Town ROM Romford FOL Folkestone Town EXE Exeter City II GUI Guildford City SIT Sittingbourne MAR Margate TRO Trowbridge Town CAU Cambridge United HIL Yiewsley BEX Bexleyheath & Welling MER Merthyr Tydfil RAM Ramsgate Athletic ASH Ashford Town (Kent) TUN Tunbridge Wells United HIN Hinckley Athletic GLO Gloucester City DOV Dover KID Kidderminster Harriers COR Corby Town BUR Burton Albion RUG Rugby Town 27 5 10 106 69 21 11 10 65 40 23 5 14 93 71 23 3 16 85 62 19 9 14 79 56 20 7 15 66 56 20 6 16 88 77 18 9 15 89 78 18 9 15 71 72 16 11 15 83 71 16 11 15 85 77 16 10 16 63 65 16 8 18 84 85 14 12 16 61 70 17 5 20 77 74 14 8 20 62 75 13 9 20 56 84 14 6 22 59 85 14 6 22 59 97 15 3 24 75 91 11 10 21 52 79 10 11 21 67 91 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P P P #FFCCCC Left the league R #FFCCCC Switched to the Birmingham & District League RES complete rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Eleven Southern League clubs (including Guildford City and Romford from Division One) applied for election to the Football League. Although none were successful, Peterborough United were elected at the expense of Gateshead.http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League 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 ClubLeagueVotesOldham AthleticFootball League39Peterborough UnitedMidland League35Hartlepools UnitedFootball League34SouthportFootball League29GatesheadFootball League18Headington UnitedSouthern League10Chelmsford CitySouthern League3Bedford TownSouthern League2Cambridge CitySouthern League2Guildford CitySouthern League2New BrightonLancashire Combination2RomfordSouthern League2ScarboroughMidland League2Worcester CitySouthern League2Ellesmere Port TownCheshire League1Kettering TownSouthern League1MorecambeLancashire Combination1South ShieldsMidland League1Hereford UnitedSouthern League0King's LynnSouthern League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0 References Category:Southern Football League seasons S