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1981–82 Southern Football League

Field	Value
competition	Southern Football League
Midland Division
season	1981–82
winners	Nuneaton Borough
promoted	Nuneaton Borough
relegated	11 clubs
matches	462
total goals	1295
prevseason	1980–81
nextseason	1982–83 (Premier Division)
1982–83 (Midland Division)

The 1981–82 Southern Football League season was the 79th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

The league was split into Midland and Southern Divisions for a third and final season, at the end of it league restructuring for the forthcoming season meant that the top ten in each division (minus promoted clubs) would remain at the sixth level in a new Premier Division, whilst clubs finishing lower would be relegated to the seventh level.

Nuneaton Borough won the Midland Division, whilst Wealdstone won the Southern Division, both earning promotion to the Alliance Premier League, having both also been relegated from the APL the previous season. Wealdstone were declared Southern League champions after defeating Nuneaton on penalties, after the two championship play-offs had finished 2–2 on aggregate (Wealdstone won 2–1 at home and Nuneaton won 1–0). They completed the double by also winning the Southern League Cup.

At the end of the season Bedford Town folded, whilst Barry Town left to join the Welsh Football League.

Midland Division

The Midland Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 21 clubs from the previous season and one new club:

Nuneaton Borough, relegated from the Alliance Premier League

League table

Midland Division 1982–83 (Midland Division)

Southern Division

The Southern Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 22 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs:

Wealdstone, relegated from the Alliance Premier League
Welling United, joined from the Athenian League

At the end of the previous season, Margate had been renamed Thanet United.

League table

Southern Division 1982–83 (Southern Division)

References

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