1970–71 Southern Football League
The 1970–71 season was the 68th in the history of the Southern League.
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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 →
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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 (C) | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 31 | 2.129 | 57 | |
| 2 | Cambridge City | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 66 | 38 | 1.737 | 55 | |
| 3 | Romford | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 42 | 1.5 | 55 | |
| 4 | Hereford United | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 53 | 1.34 | 54 | |
| 5 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 32 | 1.906 | 51 | |
| 6 | Barnet | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 49 | 1.408 | 50 | |
| 7 | Bedford Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 62 | 46 | 1.348 | 50 | |
| 8 | Wimbledon | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 72 | 54 | 1.333 | 48 | |
| 9 | Worcester City | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 46 | 1.326 | 48 | |
| 10 | Weymouth | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 64 | 47 | 1.362 | 44 | |
| 11 | Dartford | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 42 | |
| 12 | Dover | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 64 | 63 | 1.016 | 41 | |
| 13 | Margate | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 64 | 70 | 0.914 | 40 | |
| 14 | Hillingdon Borough | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 61 | 68 | 0.897 | 40 | |
| 15 | Bath City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 68 | 0.706 | 38 | |
| 16 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 43 | 66 | 0.652 | 36 | |
| 17 | Telford United | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 64 | 70 | 0.914 | 34 | |
| 18 | Poole Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 57 | 75 | 0.76 | 34 | |
| 19 | King's Lynn (R) | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 44 | 67 | 0.657 | 29 | Relegation to 1971–72 SFL Division One |
| 20 | Ashford Town (R) | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 52 | 86 | 0.605 | 29 | |
| 21 | Kettering Town (R) | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 48 | 84 | 0.571 | 27 | |
| 22 | Gloucester City (R) | 42 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 81 | 0.42 | 22 |
Source: [1]
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]
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) |
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← 1969–70
1971–72 →
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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 (C) (P) | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 76 | 36 | 2.111 | 54 | Promotion to 1971–72 Southern League Premier Division |
| 2 | Merthyr Tydfil (P) | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 33 | 1.576 | 50 | |
| 3 | Gravesend & Northfleet (P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 74 | 42 | 1.762 | 48 | |
| 4 | Folkestone (P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 83 | 53 | 1.566 | 48 | |
| 5 | Burton Albion | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 1.514 | 48 | |
| 6 | Rugby Town | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 58 | 40 | 1.45 | 48 | |
| 7 | Ramsgate Athletic | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 83 | 54 | 1.537 | 45 | |
| 8 | Trowbridge Town | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 78 | 55 | 1.418 | 45 | |
| 9 | Bexley United | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 45 | 1.267 | 45 | |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 84 | 68 | 1.235 | 41 | |
| 11 | Hastings United | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 50 | 1.02 | 38 | |
| 12 | Banbury United | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 58 | 53 | 1.094 | 37 | |
| 13 | Corby Town | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 57 | 60 | 0.95 | 36 | |
| 14 | Salisbury | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 56 | 60 | 0.933 | 33 | |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 44 | 58 | 0.759 | 31 | |
| 16 | Stevenage Athletic | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 55 | 79 | 0.696 | 31 | |
| 17 | Tonbridge | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 48 | 83 | 0.578 | 24 | |
| 18 | Barry Town | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 35 | 82 | 0.427 | 24 | |
| 19 | Dunstable Town | 38 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 32 | 81 | 0.395 | 20 | |
| 20 | Canterbury City | 38 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 37 | 105 | 0.352 | 14 |
Source: [2]
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.
