1988–89 Southern Football League

The 1988–89 season was the 86th in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Merthyr Tydfil
Promoted	Merthyr Tydfil
Relegated	Fareham Town Leicester United Redditch United Bedworth Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1369 (2.96 per match)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

Merthyr Tydfil, promoted as champions of the Midland Division
Moor Green, promoted as runners-up of the Midland Division
Waterlooville, promoted as runners-up of the Southern Division
Dover Athletic, promoted as champions of the Southern Division
Bath City, relegated from the 1987-88 Football Conference
Wealdstone, relegated from the 1987-88 Football Conference

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Merthyr Tydfil !Merthyr Tydfil (C) (P)	42	26	7	9	104	58	+46	85	Promotion to 1989–90 Football Conference
2	Dartford !Dartford	42	25	7	10	79	33	+46	82
3	VS Rugby !VS Rugby	42	24	7	11	64	43	+21	79
4	Worcester City !Worcester City	42	20	13	9	72	49	+23	73
5	Cambridge City !Cambridge City	42	20	10	12	72	51	+21	70
6	Dover Athletic !Dover Athletic	42	19	12	11	65	47	+18	69
7	Gosport Borough !Gosport Borough	42	18	12	12	73	57	+16	66
8	Burton Albion !Burton Albion	42	18	10	14	79	68	+11	64
9	Bath City !Bath City	42	15	13	14	66	51	+15	58
10	Bromsgrove Rovers !Bromsgrove Rovers	42	14	16	12	68	56	+12	58
11	Wealdstone !Wealdstone	42	16	10	16	60	53	+7	58
12	Crawley Town !Crawley Town	42	14	16	12	64	56	+8	58
13	Dorchester Town !Dorchester Town	42	14	16	12	56	61	−5	58
14	Alvechurch !Alvechurch	42	16	8	18	56	59	−3	56
15	Moor Green !Moor Green	42	14	13	15	58	70	−12	55
16	Corby Town !Corby Town	42	14	11	17	55	59	−4	53
17	Waterlooville !Waterlooville	42	13	13	16	61	63	−2	52
18	Ashford Town !Ashford Town	42	13	13	16	59	76	−17	52
19	Fareham Town !Fareham Town (R)	42	15	6	21	43	68	−25	51	Relegation to 1989–90 SFL Southern Division
20	Leicester United !Leicester United (R)	42	6	11	25	46	87	−41	29	Relegation to 1989–90 SFL Midland Division
21	Redditch United !Redditch United (R)	42	5	7	30	36	105	−69	22
22	Bedworth United !Bedworth United (R)	42	4	7	31	36	102	−66	19

Source:
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.

Midland Division

Southern Football League
Midland Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Gloucester City
Promoted	Gloucester City Atherstone United
Relegated	Coventry Sporting Wellingborough Town Mile Oak Rovers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1361 (2.95 per match)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The Midland Division featured five new teams.

Ashtree Highfield, promoted runners-up of the Midland Combination
Willenhall Town and Nuneaton Borough, relegated from the Premier Division
Tamworth, promoted champions of the West Midlands League
Spalding United, promoted as champions of the United Counties Football League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gloucester City !Gloucester City (C) (P)	42	28	8	6	95	37	+58	92	Promotion to 1989–90 Southern League Premier Division
2	Atherstone United !Atherstone United (P)	42	26	9	7	85	38	+47	87	Promotion to 1989–90 Southern League Premier Division
3	Tamworth !Tamworth	42	26	9	7	85	45	+40	87
4	Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town	42	25	10	7	85	42	+43	85
5	Grantham Town !Grantham Town	42	23	11	8	66	37	+29	80
6	Nuneaton Borough !Nuneaton Borough	42	19	9	14	71	58	+13	66
7	Rushden Town !Rushden Town	42	19	8	15	71	50	+21	65
8	Spalding United !Spalding United	42	17	13	12	72	64	+8	64
9	Dudley Town !Dudley Town	42	16	13	13	73	62	+11	61
10	Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town	42	18	7	17	56	56	0	61
11	Willenhall Town !Willenhall Town	42	16	12	14	65	71	−6	60
12	Forest Green Rovers !Forest Green Rovers	42	12	16	14	64	67	−3	52
13	Bilston Town !Bilston Town	42	15	7	20	63	71	−8	52
14	Ashtree Highfield !Ashtree Highfield	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
15	Hednesford Town !Hednesford Town	42	12	15	15	49	57	−8	51
16	Banbury United !Banbury United	42	10	14	18	53	74	−21	44
17	Bridgnorth Town !Bridgnorth Town	42	12	7	23	59	77	−18	43
18	Stourbridge !Stourbridge	42	11	10	21	37	65	−28	43
19	King's Lynn !King's Lynn	42	7	13	22	31	67	−36	34
20	Coventry Sporting !Coventry Sporting	42	6	13	23	39	91	−52	31	Club folded
21	Wellingborough Town !Wellingborough Town (R)	42	5	15	22	39	72	−33	30	Relegation to United Counties Football League
22	Mile Oak Rovers !Mile Oak Rovers (R)	42	5	10	27	46	98	−52	25	Relegation to Midland Combination

Southern Division

Southern Football League
Southern Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Chelmsford City
Promoted	Chelmsford City Gravesend & Northfleet
Relegated	Tonbridge Ruislip
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1414 (3.06 per match)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The Southern Division featured four new teams.

Trowbridge Town, transferred from Midland Division
Buckingham Town, transferred from Midland Division
Chelmsford City, relegated from the Premier Division
Witney Town, relegated from the Premier Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City (C) (P)	42	30	5	7	106	38	+68	95	Promotion to 1989–90 Southern League Premier Division
2	Gravesend & Northfleet !Gravesend & Northfleet (P)	42	27	6	9	70	40	+30	87	Promotion to 1989–90 Southern League Premier Division
3	Poole Town !Poole Town	42	24	11	7	98	48	+50	83
4	Bury Town !Bury Town	42	25	7	10	75	34	+41	82
5	Burnham !Burnham	42	22	13	7	78	47	+31	79
6	Baldock Town !Baldock Town	42	23	5	14	69	40	+29	74
7	Hastings Town !Hastings Town	42	21	11	10	75	48	+27	74
8	Hounslow !Hounslow	42	21	6	15	75	60	+15	69
9	Salisbury !Salisbury	42	20	5	17	79	58	+21	65
10	Trowbridge Town !Trowbridge Town	42	19	7	16	59	52	+7	64
11	Folkestone !Folkestone	42	17	8	17	62	65	−3	59
12	Corinthian !Corinthian	42	13	13	16	59	69	−10	52
13	Canterbury City !Canterbury City	42	14	8	20	52	60	−8	50
14	Witney Town !Witney Town	42	13	11	18	61	71	−10	50
15	Dunstable !Dunstable	42	11	14	17	42	57	−15	47
16	Buckingham Town !Buckingham Town	42	12	10	20	56	79	−23	46
17	Erith & Belvedere !Erith & Belvedere	42	11	10	21	48	63	−15	43
18	Andover !Andover	42	11	9	22	56	90	−34	42
19	Sheppey United !Sheppey United	42	10	8	24	50	90	−40	38
20	Thanet United !Thanet United	42	7	15	20	47	95	−48	36
21	Tonbridge !Tonbridge (R)	42	7	6	29	50	98	−48	27	Relegation to Kent Football League
22	Ruislip !Ruislip (R)	42	6	8	28	47	112	−65	26	Club folded

References

RSSF – Southern Football League archive

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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1988–89 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup (qualification – UEFA Group 2)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Coventry City Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Manchester City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Chesterfield Fulham Gillingham Huddersfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Port Vale Preston North End Notts County Reading Sheffield United Southend United Swansea City Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

Fourth Division	Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

Others	Newport County

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