1970–71 Southern Football League

The 1970–71 season was the 68th in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Yeovil Town
Promoted	None
Relegated	Ashford Town Gloucester City Kettering Town King's Lynn
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1287 (2.79 per match)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

Ashford Town, promoted as fourth in Division One
Bedford Town, promoted as champions of Division One
Cambridge City, promoted as runners-up of Division One
Dartford, promoted as third in Division One

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yeovil Town !Yeovil Town (C)	42	25	7	10	66	31	2.129	57
2	Cambridge City !Cambridge City	42	22	11	9	66	38	1.737	55
3	Romford !Romford	42	23	9	10	63	42	1.5	55
4	Hereford United !Hereford United	42	23	8	11	71	53	1.34	54
5	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City	42	20	11	11	61	32	1.906	51
6	Barnet !Barnet	42	18	14	10	69	49	1.408	50
7	Bedford Town !Bedford Town	42	20	10	12	62	46	1.348	50
8	Wimbledon !Wimbledon	42	20	8	14	72	54	1.333	48
9	Worcester City !Worcester City	42	20	8	14	61	46	1.326	48
10	Weymouth !Weymouth	42	14	16	12	64	47	1.362	44
11	Dartford !Dartford	42	15	12	15	53	51	1.039	42
12	Dover !Dover	42	16	9	17	64	63	1.016	41
13	Margate !Margate	42	15	10	17	64	70	0.914	40
14	Hillingdon Borough !Hillingdon Borough	42	17	6	19	61	68	0.897	40
15	Bath City !Bath City	42	13	12	17	48	68	0.706	38
16	Nuneaton Borough !Nuneaton Borough	42	12	12	18	43	66	0.652	36
17	Telford United !Telford United	42	13	8	21	64	70	0.914	34
18	Poole Town !Poole Town	42	14	6	22	57	75	0.76	34
19	King's Lynn !King's Lynn (R)	42	11	7	24	44	67	0.657	29	Relegation to 1971–72 SFL Division One
20	Ashford Town !Ashford Town (R)	42	8	13	21	52	86	0.605	29
21	Kettering Town !Kettering Town (R)	42	8	11	23	48	84	0.571	27
22	Gloucester City !Gloucester City (R)	42	6	10	26	34	81	0.42	22

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 12 non-League clubs applied for election, eight of which were Southern League clubs. All League clubs were re-elected.^[1]

Club	League	Votes
Lincoln City	Football League	47
Barrow	Football League	38
Hartlepool	Football League	33
Newport County	Football League	33
Wigan Athletic	Northern Premier League	14
Cambridge City	Southern League	2
Telford United	Southern League	2
Yeovil Town	Southern League	2
Boston United	Northern Premier League	1
Romford	Southern League	1
Bradford Park Avenue	Northern Premier League	1
Gateshead	Wearside League	1
Bedford Town	Southern League	0
Chelmsford City	Southern League	0
Hillingdon Borough	Southern League	0
Kettering Town	Southern League	0

Division One

Southern Football League
Division One
Season	1970–71
Champions	Guildford City
Promoted	Folkestone Gravesend & Northfleet Guildford City Merthyr Tydfil
Relegated	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1174 (3.09 per match)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Division One featured three new teams:

Burton Albion and Crawley Town relegated from the Premier Division
Stevenage Athletic, runners-up of the Metropolitan League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guildford City !Guildford City (C) (P)	38	22	10	6	76	36	2.111	54	Promotion to 1971–72 Southern League Premier Division
2	Merthyr Tydfil !Merthyr Tydfil (P)	38	19	12	7	52	33	1.576	50
3	Gravesend & Northfleet !Gravesend & Northfleet (P)	38	19	10	9	74	42	1.762	48
4	Folkestone !Folkestone (P)	38	20	8	10	83	53	1.566	48
5	Burton Albion !Burton Albion	38	19	10	9	56	37	1.514	48
6	Rugby Town !Rugby Town	38	17	14	7	58	40	1.45	48
7	Ramsgate Athletic !Ramsgate Athletic	38	20	5	13	83	54	1.537	45
8	Trowbridge Town !Trowbridge Town	38	19	7	12	78	55	1.418	45
9	Bexley United !Bexley United	38	17	11	10	57	45	1.267	45
10	Crawley Town !Crawley Town	38	15	11	12	84	68	1.235	41
11	Hastings United !Hastings United	38	13	12	13	51	50	1.02	38
12	Banbury United !Banbury United	38	13	11	14	58	53	1.094	37
13	Corby Town !Corby Town	38	14	8	16	57	60	0.95	36
14	Salisbury !Salisbury	38	13	7	18	56	60	0.933	33
15	Cheltenham Town !Cheltenham Town	38	8	15	15	44	58	0.759	31
16	Stevenage Athletic !Stevenage Athletic	38	12	7	19	55	79	0.696	31
17	Tonbridge !Tonbridge	38	8	8	22	48	83	0.578	24
18	Barry Town !Barry Town	38	9	6	23	35	82	0.427	24
19	Dunstable Town !Dunstable Town	38	8	4	26	32	81	0.395	20
20	Canterbury City !Canterbury City	38	5	4	29	37	105	0.352	14

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 Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Hull City Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Watford

Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Port Vale Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Brentford Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington York City

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