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1973–74 Southern Football League

FieldValue
competitionSouthern Football League
Premier Division
season1973–74
winnersDartford
relegatedBedford Town
Folkestone
Hillingdon Borough
Worcester City
matches462
total goals1149
prevseason1972–73
nextseason1974–75

The 1973–74 Southern Football League season was the 71st in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Dartford won the championship, winning their third Southern League title, whilst Burton Albion, Stourbridge, Bath City and Wealdstone were all promoted to the Premier Division. Six 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:

  • Two clubs promoted from Division One North:

    • Atherstone Town
    • Grantham

  • Two clubs promoted from Division One South:

    • Maidstone United
    • Tonbridge

At the end of the season Guildford City, who lost its ground earlier, merged with Dorking to form a new club Guildford & Dorking United. Also, Folkestone was renamed Folkestone and Shepway.

League table

Premier Division Folkestone Hillingdon Borough Worcester City

Division One North

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

  • Bletchley Town, transferred from Division One South
  • Burton Albion, relegated from the Premier Division
  • Dunstable Town, transferred from Division One South
  • Witney Town, joined from the Hellenic Football League

Also, at the end of the previous season Lockheed Leamington was renamed AP Leamington.

At the end of the season Bletchley Town was renamed Milton Keynes City.

League table

Division One North Stourbridge

Division One South

Division One North consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

  • Poole Town
  • Ramsgate
  • Waterlooville

League table

Division One South Wealdstone

Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of seven non-League clubs applied for election, six of which were Southern League clubs. All the League clubs were re-elected.

ClubLeagueVotes
Doncaster RoversFootball League46
Stockport CountyFootball League38
Crewe AlexandraFootball League37
WorkingtonFootball League21
Kettering TownSouthern League16
Yeovil TownSouthern League14
Wigan AthleticNorthern Premier League10
Chelmsford CitySouthern League8
Nuneaton BoroughSouthern League1
Telford UnitedSouthern League1
Cambridge CitySouthern League0

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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