1974–75 Southern Football League

The 1974–75 season was the 72nd in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Wimbledon
Promoted	None
Relegated	Barnet Dartford Hillingdon Borough Romford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1233 (2.67 per match)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

• Bath City, promoted as runners-up of in Division One South
• Burton Albion, promoted as runners-up of Division One North
• Stourbridge, promoted as champions of Division One North
• Wealdstone, promoted as champions of Division One South

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wimbledon (C)	42	25	7	10	63	33	1.909	57
2	Nuneaton Borough	42	23	8	11	56	37	1.514	54
3	Yeovil Town	42	21	9	12	64	34	1.882	51
4	Kettering Town	42	20	10	12	73	41	1.78	50
5	Burton Albion	42	18	13	11	54	48	1.125	49
6	Bath City	42	20	8	14	63	50	1.26	48
7	Margate	42	17	12	13	64	64	1	46
8	Wealdstone	42	17	11	14	62	61	1.016	45
9	Telford United	42	16	13	13	55	56	0.982	45
10	Chelmsford City	42	16	12	14	62	51	1.216	44
11	Grantham	42	16	11	15	70	62	1.129	43
12	Dover	42	15	13	14	43	53	0.811	43
13	Maidstone United	42	15	12	15	52	50	1.04	42
14	Atherstone Town	42	14	14	14	48	53	0.906	42
15	Weymouth	42	13	13	16	66	58	1.138	39
16	Stourbridge	42	13	12	17	56	70	0.8	38
17	Cambridge City	42	11	14	17	51	56	0.911	36
18	Tonbridge	42	11	12	19	44	66	0.667	34
19	Romford (R)	42	10	13	19	46	62	0.742	33	Relegation to SFL Division One South
20	Dartford (R)	42	9	13	20	52	70	0.743	31
21	Barnet (R)	42	10	9	23	44	76	0.579	29	Relegation to SFL Division One North
22	Guildford & Dorking United (R)	42	10	5	27	45	82	0.549	25	Relegation to SFL Division One South

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 the League clubs were re-elected.

Club	League	Votes
Swansea City	Football League	43
Scunthorpe United	Football League	41
Darlington	Football League	32
Workington	Football League	28
Kettering Town	Southern League	20
Yeovil Town	Southern League	8
Wimbledon	Southern League	4
Bedford Town	Southern League	2
Goole Town	Northern Premier League	2
Scarborough	Northern Premier League	2
Gainsborough Trinity	Northern Premier League	1
Nuneaton Borough	Southern League	1
Telford United	Southern League	1
Weymouth	Southern League	1
Boston United	Northern Premier League	0
Chelmsford City	Southern League	0

Division One North

Southern Football League
Division One North

Season	1974–75
Champions	Bedford Town
Promoted	Burton Albion Stourbridge
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1383 (2.99 per match)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Division One featured two new teams:

• Bedford Town and Worcester City, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bedford Town (C) (P)	42	28	9	5	85	33	2.576	65	Promotion to 1975–76 Southern League Premier Division
2	Dunstable Town (P)	42	25	8	9	105	61	1.721	58
3	AP Leamington	42	25	7	10	68	48	1.417	57
4	Redditch United	42	22	12	8	76	40	1.9	56
5	Worcester City	42	24	8	10	84	50	1.68	56
6	Cheltenham Town	42	21	9	12	72	53	1.358	51
7	Tamworth	42	21	8	13	74	53	1.396	50
8	King's Lynn	42	19	10	13	71	64	1.109	48
9	Enderby Town	42	17	12	13	61	48	1.271	46
10	Banbury United	42	18	10	14	52	51	1.02	46
11	Stevenage Athletic	42	16	13	13	62	48	1.292	45
12	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	18	9	15	63	52	1.212	45
13	Merthyr Tydfil	42	11	15	16	53	64	0.828	37
14	Witney Town	42	16	4	22	57	76	0.75	36
15	Corby Town	42	11	13	18	60	57	1.053	35
16	Kidderminster Harriers	42	12	11	19	50	66	0.758	35
17	Gloucester City	42	13	8	21	55	75	0.733	34
18	Wellingborough Town	42	9	13	20	42	61	0.689	31
19	Barry Town	42	10	10	22	49	73	0.671	30
20	Bedworth United	42	9	9	24	60	91	0.659	27
21	Milton Keynes City	42	7	5	30	48	100	0.48	19
22	Bury Town	42	5	7	30	36	119	0.303	17

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.

Division One South

Southern Football League
Division One South

Season	1974–75
Champions	Gravesend & Northfleet
Promoted	Gravesend & Northfleet Hillingdon Borough
Relegated	Bideford
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1127 (2.97 per match)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Division One South featured two new teams:

• Folkestone & Shepway and Hillingdon Borough, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gravesend & Northfleet (C) (P)	38	24	12	2	70	30	2.333	60	Promotion to 1975–76 Southern League Premier Division
2	Hillingdon Borough (P)	38	22	8	8	87	45	1.933	52
3	Minehead	38	21	9	8	74	33	2.242	51
4	Ramsgate	38	19	11	8	70	37	1.892	49
5	Bexley United	38	19	7	12	61	44	1.386	45
6	Waterlooville	38	17	11	10	67	49	1.367	45
7	Ashford Town	38	16	12	10	64	55	1.164	44
8	Basingstoke Town	38	16	11	11	64	50	1.28	43
9	Canterbury City	38	16	9	13	54	43	1.256	41
10	Hastings United	38	13	14	11	54	45	1.2	40
11	Poole Town	38	11	13	14	40	60	0.667	35
12	Metropolitan Police	38	11	13	14	54	66	0.818	35
13	Folkestone & Shepway	38	10	14	14	53	57	0.93	34
14	Andover	38	12	8	18	52	71	0.732	32
15	Bognor Regis Town	38	10	11	17	49	64	0.766	31
16	Salisbury	38	9	11	18	45	66	0.682	29
17	Trowbridge Town	38	10	9	19	48	76	0.632	29
18	Bideford (R)	38	10	8	20	40	71	0.563	28	Relegation to Western Football League
19	Dorchester Town	38	8	10	20	40	63	0.635	26
20	Crawley Town	38	3	5	30	31	102	0.304	11

Source: [3]
^{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.

References

• RSSF – Southern Football League archive