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1970-71 |
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Southern League |
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Before this season
- Ashford Town were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
- Bedford Town were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
- Brentwood Town left from Premier Division
- Burton Albion were relegated from Premier Division to Division One
- Cambridge City were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
- Cambridge United left from Premier Division
- Crawley Town were relegated from Premier Division to Division One
- Dartford were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
- Stevenage Athletic joined Division One
- Wisbech Town left from Division One
Final League Tables
Premier Division
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Yeovil Town 42 25 7 10 66 31 57
2 Cambridge City 42 22 11 9 67 38 55
3 Romford 42 23 9 10 63 42 55
4 Hereford United 42 23 8 11 71 53 54
5 Chelmsford City 42 20 11 11 61 32 51
6 Barnet 42 18 14 10 69 49 50
7 Bedford Town 42 20 10 12 62 46 50
8 Wimbledon 42 20 8 14 72 54 48
9 Worcester City 42 20 8 14 61 46 48
10 Weymouth 42 14 16 12 64 48 44
11 Dartford 42 15 12 15 53 51 42
12 Dover 42 16 9 17 64 63 41
13 Margate 42 15 10 17 64 70 40
14 Hillingdon Borough 42 17 6 19 61 68 40
15 Bath City 42 13 12 17 48 68 38
16 Nuneaton Borough 42 12 12 18 43 66 36
17 Telford United 42 13 8 21 64 70 34
18 Poole Town 42 14 6 22 57 75 34
19 King's Lynn 42 11 7 24 44 67 29
20 Ashford Town (Kent) 42 8 13 21 52 86 29
21 Kettering Town 42 8 11 23 48 84 27
22 Gloucester City 42 6 10 26 34 81 22
Division One
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Guildford City 38 22 10 6 76 36 54
2 Merthyr Tydfil 38 19 12 7 52 33 50
3 Gravesend & Northfleet 38 19 10 9 74 42 48
4 Folkestone 38 20 8 10 83 53 48
5 Burton Albion 38 19 10 9 56 37 48
6 Rugby Town 38 17 14 7 58 40 48
7 Ramsgate Athletic 38 20 5 13 83 54 45
8 Trowbridge Town 38 19 7 12 78 55 45
9 Bexley United 38 17 11 10 57 45 45
10 Crawley Town 38 15 11 12 84 68 41
11 Hastings United 38 13 12 13 51 50 38
12 Banbury United 38 13 11 14 58 53 37
13 Corby Town 38 14 8 16 57 60 36
14 Salisbury 38 13 7 18 56 60 33
15 Cheltenham Town 38 8 15 15 44 58 31
16 Stevenage Athletic 38 12 7 19 55 79 31
17 Tonbridge 38 8 8 22 48 83 24
18 Barry Town 38 9 6 23 35 82 24
19 Dunstable Town 38 8 4 26 32 81 20
20 Canterbury City 38 5 4 29 37 105 14
Following this season
- Division One was split into North & South sections
- Andover joined Division One South
- Ashford Town were relegated from Premier Division to Division One South
- Banbury United went from Division One to Division One North
- Barry Town went from Division One to Division One North
- Basingstoke Town joined Division One South
- Bexley United went from Division One to Division One South
- Bletchley Town joined Division One North
- Burton Albion went from Division One to Division One North
- Bury Town joined Division One North
- Canterbury City went from Division One to Division One South
- Cheltenham Town went from Division One to Division One North
- Corby Town went from Division One to Division One North
- Crawley Town went from Division One to Division One South
- Dunstable Town went from Division One to Division One North
- Folkestone were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
- Gloucester City were relegated from Premier Division to Division One North
- Gravesend & Northfleet were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
- Guildford City were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
- Hastings United went from Division One to Division One South
- Ilkeston Town joined Division One North
- Kettering Town were relegated from Premier Division to Division One North
- King's Lynn were relegated from Premier Division to Division One North
- Lockheed Leamington joined Division One North
- Maidstone United joined Division One South
- Merthyr Tydfil were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
- Metropolitan Police joined Division One South
- Ramsgate went from Division One to Division One South
- Rugby Town went from Division One to Division One North
- Salisbury went from Division One to Division One South
- Stevenage Athletic went from Division One to Division One North
- Stourbridge joined Division One North
- Tonbridge went from Division One to Division One South
- Trowbridge Town went from Division One to Division One South
- Waterlooville joined Division One South
- Wealdstone joined Division One North
- Wellingborough Town joined Division One North
- Winchester City joined Division One South
- Woodford Town joined Division One South
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