1976–77 Southern Football League

The 1976–77 Southern Football League season saw Wimbledon win the Premier Division.^[1] The club were elected to the Football League, replacing Workington.

Chelmsford City, Margate and Burton Albion were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst Worcester City, Barnet, Cheltenham Town and Hastings United were all promoted to the Premier Division, the former two as champions. Metropolitan Police left the league to join the Isthmian League.

Tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new clubs:

Dartford (promoted from the Southern Division)
Minehead (promoted from the Southern Division)
Redditch United (promoted from the North Division)
AP Leamington (promoted from the North Division)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Wimbledon	42	28	7	7	64	22	42	63	Elected to the Football League
2	Minehead	42	23	12	7	73	39	34	58
3	Kettering Town	42	20	16	6	66	46	20	56
4	Bath City	42	20	15	7	51	30	21	55
5	Nuneaton Borough	42	20	11	11	52	35	17	51
6	Bedford Town	42	17	14	11	54	47	7	48
7	Yeovil Town	42	15	16	11	54	42	12	46
8	Dover	42	13	16	13	46	43	3	42
9	Grantham	42	14	12	16	55	50	5	40
10	Maidstone United	42	13	14	15	46	50	−4	40
11	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	13	13	16	38	43	−5	39
12	AP Leamington	42	12	15	15	44	53	−9	39
13	Redditch United	42	12	14	16	45	54	−9	38
14	Wealdstone	42	13	12	17	54	66	−12	38
15	Hillingdon Borough	42	14	10	18	45	59	−14	38
16	Atherstone Town	42	14	9	19	41	49	−8	37
17	Weymouth	42	16	5	21	53	73	−20	37
18	Dartford	42	13	10	19	52	57	−5	36
19	Telford United	42	11	12	19	36	50	−14	34
20	Chelmsford City	42	9	13	20	56	68	−12	31	Relegated to North and South Divisions
21	Burton Albion	42	10	10	22	41	52	−11	30
22	Margate	42	9	10	23	47	85	−38	28

Football League elections

At the end of the season, the bottom four of the Football League had to be re-elected to retain their place. Whilst in previous seasons the number of non-League applicants had been unlimited, this season saw the Football League Management Committee limit the number to two, with Wimbledon and Northern Premier League members Altrincham (who had finished tenth) entering the ballot. The top four in the vote would retain/win a place in the League.

With 27 votes, Wimbledon finished fourth in the election, earning a place in the League at the expense of Workington, who dropped into the Northern Premier League.

Club	League	Votes
Halifax Town	Football League Division Four	44
Hartlepool	Football League Division Four	42
Southport	Football League Division Four	37
Wimbledon	Southern League Premier Division	27
Workington	Football League Division Four	21
Altrincham	Northern Premier League	12

Division One North

Division One North featured three new clubs, all of which had been relegated from the Premier Division the previous season:

Cambridge City
Dunstable
Stourbridge

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Worcester City	38	32	5	1	97	22	75	69	Promoted to Premier Division
2	Cheltenham Town	38	23	8	7	85	35	50	54	Promoted to Premier Division
3	Witney Town	38	21	8	9	48	31	17	50
4	Bromsgrove Rovers	38	20	8	10	61	37	24	48
5	Barry Town	38	19	8	11	62	45	17	46
6	Cambridge City	38	17	10	11	68	43	25	44
7	Stourbridge	38	17	9	12	48	35	13	43
8	Kidderminster Harriers	38	17	6	15	74	65	9	40
9	Banbury United	38	15	10	13	51	47	4	40
10	Gloucester City	38	18	4	16	70	81	−11	40
11	Enderby Town	38	15	9	14	50	44	6	39
12	King's Lynn	38	13	11	14	47	53	−6	37
13	Corby Town	38	11	13	14	56	64	−8	35
14	Tamworth	38	11	13	14	49	58	−9	35
15	Merthyr Tydfil	38	12	6	20	60	69	−9	30
16	Oswestry Town	38	8	10	20	30	60	−30	26
17	Wellingborough Town	38	8	7	23	37	73	−36	23
18	Dunstable	38	7	7	24	38	84	−46	21
19	Bedworth United	38	5	10	23	28	68	−40	20
20	Milton Keynes City	38	7	6	25	31	76	−45	20

Division One South

Division One South featured three new clubs

Tonbridge (relegated from the Premier Division)
Barnet (transferred from the North Division)
Aylesbury United (promoted from the Hellenic League)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Barnet	34	23	8	3	65	25	40	54	Promoted to Premier Division
2	Hastings United	34	18	11	5	47	18	29	47	Promoted to Premier Division
3	Waterlooville	34	19	6	9	50	25	25	44
4	Dorchester Town	34	16	11	7	48	30	18	43
5	Salisbury	34	15	11	8	57	39	18	41
6	Romford	34	18	5	11	47	32	15	41
7	Poole Town	34	17	7	10	40	35	5	41
8	Trowbridge Town	34	15	8	11	47	39	8	38
9	Crawley Town	34	14	9	11	53	42	11	37
10	Folkestone & Shepway	34	12	11	11	39	42	−3	35
11	Basingstoke Town	34	12	10	12	51	43	8	34
12	Canterbury City	34	6	16	12	36	46	−10	28
13	Bognor Regis Town	34	9	9	16	33	50	−17	27
14	Tonbridge	34	9	9	16	33	50	−17	27
15	Metropolitan Police	34	5	12	17	37	61	−24	22	Transferred to the Isthmian League at end of season
16	Andover	34	4	11	19	17	49	−32	19
17	Ashford Town	34	5	8	21	32	65	−33	18
18	Aylesbury United	34	5	6	23	27	68	−41	16

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF

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

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Southampton West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

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