1973–74 Southern Football League

The 1973–74 season was the 71st in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1973–74
Champions	Dartford
Promoted	None
Relegated	Bedford Town Folkestone Hillingdon Borough Worcester City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1149 (2.49 per match)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

Atherstone Town, promoted as runners-up of Division One North
Grantham, promoted as champions of Division One North
Maidstone United, promoted as champions of Division One South
Tonbridge, promoted as runners-up of in Division One South

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dartford !Dartford (C)	42	22	13	7	67	37	1.811	57
2	Grantham !Grantham	42	18	13	11	70	49	1.429	49
3	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City	42	19	10	13	62	49	1.265	48
4	Kettering Town !Kettering Town	42	16	16	10	62	51	1.216	48
5	Maidstone United !Maidstone United	42	16	14	12	54	43	1.256	46
6	Yeovil Town !Yeovil Town	42	13	20	9	45	39	1.154	46
7	Weymouth !Weymouth	42	19	7	16	60	41	1.463	45
8	Barnet !Barnet	42	18	9	15	55	46	1.196	45
9	Nuneaton Borough !Nuneaton Borough	42	13	19	10	54	47	1.149	45
10	Cambridge City !Cambridge City	42	15	12	15	45	54	0.833	42
11	Atherstone Town !Atherstone Town	42	16	9	17	61	59	1.034	41
12	Wimbledon !Wimbledon	42	15	11	16	50	56	0.893	41
13	Telford United !Telford United	42	12	16	14	51	57	0.895	40
14	Dover !Dover	42	11	17	14	41	46	0.891	39
15	Tonbridge !Tonbridge	42	12	15	15	38	45	0.844	39
16	Romford !Romford	42	11	17	14	39	52	0.75	39
17	Margate !Margate	42	15	8	19	56	63	0.889	38
18	Guildford City !Guildford City	42	13	11	18	48	67	0.716	37
19	Worcester City !Worcester City (R)	42	11	14	17	53	67	0.791	36	Relegation to SFL Division One North
20	Bedford Town !Bedford Town (R)	42	11	14	17	38	51	0.745	36	Relegation to SFL Division One North
21	Folkestone !Folkestone (R)	42	11	12	19	56	65	0.862	34	Relegation to SFL Division One South
22	Hillingdon Borough !Hillingdon Borough (R)	42	9	15	18	44	65	0.677	33	Relegation to SFL Division One South

Source:
^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}
^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of seven non-League clubs applied for election, six of which were Southern League clubs. All the League clubs were re-elected.^[1]

Club	League	Votes
Doncaster Rovers	Football League	46
Stockport County	Football League	38
Crewe Alexandra	Football League	37
Workington	Football League	21
Kettering Town	Southern League	16
Yeovil Town	Southern League	14
Wigan Athletic	Northern Premier League	10
Chelmsford City	Southern League	8
Nuneaton Borough	Southern League	1
Telford United	Southern League	1
Cambridge City	Southern League	0

Division One North

Southern Football League
Division One North
Season	1973–74
Champions	Stourbridge
Promoted	Burton Albion Stourbridge
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1332 (2.88 per match)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Division One featured four new teams:

Bletchley Town and Dunstable Town, transferred from Division One South
Burton Albion, relegated from the Premier Division
Witney Town, champions of the Hellenic Football League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stourbridge !Stourbridge (C) (P)	42	29	11	2	103	36	2.861	69	Promotion to 1974–75 Southern League Premier Division
2	Burton Albion !Burton Albion (P)	42	27	9	6	88	32	2.75	63	Promotion to 1974–75 Southern League Premier Division
3	Cheltenham Town !Cheltenham Town	42	24	8	10	75	51	1.471	56
4	AP Leamington !AP Leamington	42	21	12	9	82	45	1.822	54
5	Enderby Town !Enderby Town	42	19	14	9	60	36	1.667	52
6	Witney Town !Witney Town	42	20	10	12	69	55	1.255	50
7	Stevenage Athletic !Stevenage Athletic	42	19	11	12	65	46	1.413	49
8	Banbury United !Banbury United	42	19	11	12	69	57	1.211	49
9	King's Lynn !King's Lynn	42	19	10	13	65	50	1.3	48
10	Kidderminster Harriers !Kidderminster Harriers	42	15	14	13	67	53	1.264	44
11	Merthyr Tydfil !Merthyr Tydfil	42	16	12	14	70	61	1.148	44
12	Redditch United !Redditch United	42	14	11	17	56	73	0.767	39
13	Bromsgrove Rovers !Bromsgrove Rovers	42	14	10	18	54	61	0.885	38
14	Bedworth United !Bedworth United	42	14	10	18	50	77	0.649	38
15	Tamworth !Tamworth	42	13	11	18	42	51	0.824	37
16	Corby Town !Corby Town	42	12	11	19	40	57	0.702	35
17	Bletchley Town !Bletchley Town	42	10	15	17	47	71	0.662	35
18	Barry Town !Barry Town	42	10	8	24	53	85	0.624	28
19	Bury Town !Bury Town	42	10	6	26	57	84	0.679	26
20	Gloucester City !Gloucester City	42	10	6	26	52	81	0.642	26
21	Wellingborough Town !Wellingborough Town	42	7	9	26	42	87	0.483	23
22	Dunstable Town !Dunstable Town	42	5	11	26	26	83	0.313	21

Division One South

Southern Football League
Division One South
Season	1973–74
Champions	Wealdstone
Promoted	Bath City Wealdstone
Relegated	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	996 (2.62 per match)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Division One South featured three new teams:

Ramsgate, Poole Town and Waterlooville, relegated from the Premier Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wealdstone !Wealdstone (C) (P)	38	26	7	5	75	35	2.143	59	Promotion to 1974–75 Southern League Premier Division
2	Bath City !Bath City (P)	38	20	8	10	55	34	1.618	48	Promotion to 1974–75 Southern League Premier Division
3	Waterlooville !Waterlooville	38	16	15	7	55	38	1.447	47
4	Minehead !Minehead	38	16	15	7	69	52	1.327	47
5	Bideford !Bideford	38	17	12	9	61	51	1.196	46
6	Poole Town !Poole Town	38	18	9	11	67	47	1.426	45
7	Bexley United !Bexley United	38	18	7	13	50	42	1.19	43
8	Hastings United !Hastings United	38	16	9	13	45	36	1.25	41
9	Basingstoke Town !Basingstoke Town	38	14	11	13	55	44	1.25	39
10	Gravesend & Northfleet !Gravesend & Northfleet	38	13	13	12	58	52	1.115	39
11	Bognor Regis Town !Bognor Regis Town	38	13	12	13	48	54	0.889	38
12	Ashford Town !Ashford Town	38	14	8	16	41	42	0.976	36
13	Ramsgate !Ramsgate	38	13	9	16	46	44	1.045	35
14	Dorchester Town !Dorchester Town	38	10	13	15	40	48	0.833	33
15	Canterbury City !Canterbury City	38	9	12	17	37	46	0.804	30
16	Trowbridge Town !Trowbridge Town	38	8	14	16	44	61	0.721	30
17	Salisbury !Salisbury	38	10	9	19	40	60	0.667	29
18	Metropolitan Police !Metropolitan Police	38	9	11	18	37	61	0.607	29
19	Andover !Andover	38	11	3	24	38	70	0.543	25
20	Crawley Town !Crawley Town	38	6	9	23	35	79	0.443	21

References

RSSF – Southern Football League archive

↑ A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

Premier Division	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Hayes and Yeading United Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Langley King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Redditch United Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Dunstable Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Farnborough Fleet Town Hanwell Town Histon Kempston Rovers Kidlington Marlow Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Didcot Town Evesham United Hereford Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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FA competitions

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Crystal Palace Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southend United Southport Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Workington

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