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1960–61 Southern Football League

FieldValue
competitionSouthern Football League
Premier Division
season1960–61
winnersOxford United
relegatedDartford
Hastings United
Wisbech Town
matches462
total goals1697
prevseason1959–60
nextseason1961–62

The 1960–61 Southern Football League season was the 58th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Oxford United won the championship, whilst Kettering Town, Cambridge United, Bexleyheath & Welling and Merthyr Tydfil were all promoted to the Premier Division. Ten Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:

  • Clacton Town
  • Folkestone Town
  • Guildford City
  • Romford

League table

Premier Division Hastings United Wisbech Town

Division One

Division One consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

  • Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

    • Barry Town
    • Kettering Town
    • Nuneaton Borough
    • Poole Town

  • Plus:

    • Canterbury City, elected from the Metropolitan League

League table

Division One Cambridge United Bexleyheath & Welling Merthyr Tydfil

Football League elections

Ten Southern League clubs (including Bexleyheath & Welling and Kettering Town from Division One) applied for election to the Football League. However, all four League clubs were re-elected.

ClubLeagueVotes
ChesterFootball League45
Exeter CityFootball League44
BarrowFootball League35
Hartlepools UnitedFootball League32
Oxford UnitedSouthern League19
Bedford TownSouthern League4
Wigan AthleticLancashire Combination4
Cambridge CitySouthern League3
Chelmsford CitySouthern League3
GatesheadNorthern Counties League3
Hereford UnitedSouthern League1
Kettering TownSouthern League1
RomfordSouthern League1
ScarboroughNorthern Counties League1
South ShieldsNorthern Counties League1
Bexleyheath & WellingSouthern League0
Gravesend & NorthfleetSouthern League0
King's LynnSouthern League0
MorecambeLancashire Combination0

References

References

  1. [http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League]
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