1992–93 Southern Football League
The 1992–93 Southern Football League season saw Dover Athletic win the Premier Division to earn promotion to the Football Conference.[1] VS Rugby and Weymouth were relegated to the Midland and Southern Division respectively, whilst Dartford withdrew from the league after four matches due to financial problems and joined the Kent League the following season. Nuneaton Borough, Sittingbourne and Gresley Rovers (in their first season in the Southern League) were promoted to the Premier Division, the former two as champions. Despite finishing second in the Southern Division, Salisbury were denied promotion due to ground grading, saving Premier Division club Moor Green from relegation. Barry Town left the Southern League to join the League of Wales, whilst Andover dropped into the Wessex League.
Tables
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured five new clubs:
- Cheltenham Town (relegated from the Football Conference)
- Hastings Town (promoted from the Southern Division)
- Hednesford Town (promoted from the Midland Division)
- Solihull Borough (promoted from the Midland Division)
- Weymouth (promoted from the Southern Division)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
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1 | Dover Athletic | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 65 | 23 | 42 | 86 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
2 | Cheltenham Town | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 76 | 40 | 36 | 73 | |
3 | Corby Town | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 68 | 43 | 25 | 72 | |
4 | Hednesford Town | 40 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 52 | 20 | 70 | |
5 | Trowbridge Town | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 70 | 66 | 4 | 62 | |
6 | Crawley Town | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 68 | 59 | 9 | 60 | |
7 | Solihull Borough | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 59 | 9 | 60 | |
8 | Burton Albion | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 50 | 3 | 59 | |
9 | Bashley | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 59 | Three points deducted |
10 | Halesowen Town | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 54 | 13 | 56 | |
11 | Waterlooville | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 54 | |
12 | Chelmsford City | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 54 | |
13 | Gloucester City | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 53 | |
14 | Cambridge City | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 73 | −11 | 52 | |
15 | Atherstone United | 40 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 50 | Three points deducted |
16 | Hastings Town | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 50 | |
17 | Worcester City | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 45 | |
18 | Dorchester Town | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 52 | 74 | −22 | 42 | |
19 | Moor Green | 40 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 36 | |
20 | VS Rugby | 40 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 36 | Relegated to Midland Division |
21 | Weymouth | 40 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 82 | −43 | 23 | Two points deducted, relegated to Southern Division |
22 | Dartford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned mid-season, record expunged, dropped into Kent League |
Midland Division
The Midland Division featured three new clubs:
- Evesham United (promoted from the Midland Combination)
- Gresley Rovers (promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League)
- Weston-super-Mare (promoted from the Western League)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
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1 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 102 | 45 | 57 | 92 | Promoted to Premier Division |
2 | Gresley Rovers | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 94 | 55 | 39 | 87 | |
3 | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 85 | 41 | 44 | 85 | |
4 | Barry Town | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 82 | 49 | 33 | 83 | Left to join League of Wales at end of season |
5 | Newport | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 73 | 58 | 15 | 77 | |
6 | Bedworth United | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 55 | 17 | 74 | |
7 | Stourbridge | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 93 | 79 | 14 | 60 | |
8 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 78 | 4 | 60 | |
9 | Redditch United | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 75 | 79 | −4 | 60 | |
10 | Tamworth | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 65 | 51 | 14 | 59 | |
11 | Weston-super-Mare | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 79 | 86 | −7 | 58 | |
12 | Leicester United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 57 | |
13 | Grantham Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 73 | −13 | 57 | |
14 | Bilston Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 74 | 69 | 5 | 55 | |
15 | Evesham United | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 83 | −16 | 53 | |
16 | Bridgnorth Town | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 52 | |
17 | Dudley Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 60 | 75 | −15 | 50 | |
18 | Yate Town | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 63 | 81 | −18 | 50 | |
19 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 61 | 97 | −36 | 42 | |
20 | Hinckley Town | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 56 | 89 | −33 | 37 | One point deducted |
21 | King's Lynn | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 45 | 90 | −45 | 36 | |
22 | Racing Club Warwick | 42 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 40 | 88 | −48 | 16 |
Southern Division
The Southern Division featured four new clubs, all of which had been relegated from the Premier Division the previous season:
- Fisher Athletic
- Gravesend & Northfleet
- Poole Town
- Wealdstone
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
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1 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 102 | 43 | 59 | 90 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Salisbury | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 87 | 50 | 37 | 88 | Changed name to Salisbury City at end of season |
3 | Witney Town | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 77 | 37 | 40 | 84 | |
4 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 99 | 63 | 36 | 79 | |
5 | Havant Town | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 55 | 23 | 75 | |
6 | Sudbury Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 89 | 54 | 35 | 71 | |
7 | Erith & Belvedere | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 73 | 66 | 7 | 71 | |
8 | Ashford Town | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 91 | 66 | 25 | 68 | |
9 | Braintree Town | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 95 | 65 | 30 | 66 | |
10 | Margate | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 65 | 58 | 7 | 64 | |
11 | Wealdstone | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 75 | 69 | 6 | 61 | |
12 | Buckingham Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 58 | 3 | 59 | |
13 | Baldock Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 54 | |
14 | Poole Town | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 52 | |
15 | Fareham Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 67 | 65 | 2 | 50 | |
16 | Burnham | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 53 | 77 | −24 | 50 | |
17 | Canterbury City | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 46 | |
18 | Newport IOW | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 43 | |
19 | Fisher Athletic | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 98 | −60 | 33 | Changed name to Fisher 93 at end of season |
20 | Andover | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 42 | 99 | −57 | 30 | Dropped into Wessex League |
21 | Dunstable | 42 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 92 | −50 | 29 | |
22 | Bury Town | 42 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 46 | 119 | −73 | 29 |