1956–57 Southern Football League

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The 1956–57 Southern Football League season saw Kettering Town win the championship.[1] Five Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Final table

The league featured no new clubs for this season.

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GAv1 Pts2 Notes
1 Kettering Town 42 28 10 4 106 47 2.26 66
2 Bedford Town 42 25 8 9 89 52 1.71 58
3 Weymouth 42 22 10 10 92 71 1.3 54
4 Cheltenham Town 42 19 15 8 73 46 1.59 53
5 Gravesend & Northfleet 42 21 11 10 74 58 1.28 53
6 Lovells Athletic 42 21 7 14 99 84 1.18 49
7 Guildford City 42 18 11 13 68 49 1.39 47
8 Hereford United 42 19 8 15 96 60 1.6 46
9 Headington United 42 19 7 16 64 61 1.05 45
10 Gloucester City 42 18 8 16 74 72 1.03 44
11 Hastings United 42 17 9 16 70 58 1.21 43
12 Worcester City 42 16 10 16 81 80 1.01 42
13 Dartford 42 16 10 16 79 88 0.9 42
14 Chelmsford City 42 16 9 17 73 85 0.86 41
15 Tonbridge 42 14 12 16 74 65 1.14 40
16 Yeovil Town 42 14 11 17 83 85 0.98 39
17 Bath City 42 15 8 19 56 78 0.71 38
18 Exeter City II 42 10 10 22 52 89 0.58 30
19 Merthyr Tydfil 42 9 11 22 72 95 0.75 29
20 Barry Town 42 6 11 25 39 84 0.46 23
21 Kidderminster Harriers 42 7 10 25 60 83 0.72 20 Four points deducted
22 Llanelly 42 5 8 29 39 123 0.31 18 Left league at end of season

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.

Football League elections

Five Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.[2]

Club League Votes
Norwich City Football League 48
Tranmere Rovers Football League 48
Crewe Alexandra Football League 47
Swindon Town Football League 42
Peterborough United Midland League 7
Bedford Town Southern League 1
Burton Albion Birmingham & District League 1
Wigan Athletic Lancashire Combination 1
Headington United Southern League 0
Kettering Town Southern League 0
King's Lynn Midland League 0
Morecambe Lancashire Combination 0
Nelson Lancashire Combination 0
North Shields North Eastern League 0
Worcester City Southern League 0
Yeovil Town Southern League 0

References