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2019–20 Southern Football League

The 2019–20 Southern Football League season (known as the BetVictor Southern League, following a sponsorship deal with BetVictor) was the 117th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. The league has two Premier divisions (Central and South) at step 3 of the National League System (NLS) and two Division One divisions (Central and South) at step 4 of the NLS. These correspond with Levels 7 and 8 of the English football league system.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition. On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision. A legal appeal against the decision, funded by South Shields of the Northern Premier League, was dismissed in June 2020.

Season
Peterborough Sports
349
1,112 (3.19 per match)
24 goals - Michael Taylor (Bromsgrove Sporting)
1,764 Bromsgrove Sporting 1–0 Tamworth
124,074
356 (-0.9% to previous season)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The Premier Division Central consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

Bromsgrove Sporting, promoted from Division One Central
Hednesford Town, transferred from the Northern Premier League Premier Division
Kings Langley, transferred from the Premier Division South
Nuneaton Borough, relegated from the National League North
Peterborough Sports, promoted from Division One Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	33	19	8	6	90	46	+44	65
2	30	21	2	7	63	27	+36	65
3	30	19	6	5	62	28	+34	63
4	32	17	6	9	80	43	+37	57
5	33	15	8	10	58	43	+15	53
6	32	16	5	11	53	52	+1	53
7	32	14	10	8	48	31	+17	52
8	30	14	9	7	51	32	+19	51
9	33	14	8	11	57	46	+11	50
10	30	15	5	10	51	41	+10	50
11	30	14	7	9	50	45	+5	49
12	32	14	6	12	58	54	+4	48
13	33	13	9	11	43	40	+3	48
14	32	14	5	13	50	44	+6	47
15	30	13	4	13	44	45	−1	43
16	33	13	2	18	48	62	−14	41
17	32	10	9	13	43	49	−6	39
18	33	8	4	21	42	74	−32	28
19	32	6	8	18	39	87	−48	26
20	33	6	5	22	33	76	−43	23
21	30	4	5	21	25	58	−33	17
22	33	3	3	27	24	89	−65	12

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Rushden	Hayden Road	2,000
Alvechurch	Alvechurch	Lye Meadow	3,000
Banbury United	Banbury	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Barwell	Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Biggleswade Town	Biggleswade	Langford Road	3,000
Bromsgrove Sporting	Bromsgrove	Victoria Ground	4,893
Coalville Town	Coalville	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Hednesford Town	Hednesford	Keys Park	6,039
Hitchin Town	Hitchin	Top Field	4,554
Kings Langley	Kings Langley	Sadiku Stadium	1,963
Leiston	Leiston	Victory Road	2,250
Lowestoft Town	Lowestoft	Crown Meadow	3,000
Needham Market	Needham Market	Bloomfields	4,000
Nuneaton Borough	Nuneaton	Liberty Way	4,614
Peterborough Sports	Peterborough	Lincoln Road	2,300
Redditch United	Redditch	The Valley	5,000
Royston Town	Royston	Garden Walk	5,000
Rushall Olympic	Walsall (Rushall)	Dales Lane	2,000
St Ives Town	St Ives	Westwood Road	2,000
Stourbridge	Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,626
Stratford Town	Stratford-upon-Avon	Knights Lane	2,000
Tamworth	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,565

Season
Truro City
341
1,042 (3.06 per match)
19 goals - Tyler Harvey (Truro City)
1,068 Taunton Town 3–1 Tiverton
104,593
307 (-9.2% to previous season)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The Premier Division South consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

Blackfield & Langley, promoted from Division One South
Hayes & Yeading United, promoted from the Isthmian League Division One South Central
Truro City, relegated from the National League South
Weston-super-Mare, relegated from the National League South
Yate Town, promoted from Division One South

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Beaconsfield Town	Beaconsfield	Holloways Park	3,500
Blackfield & Langley	Blackfield	Gang Warily Recreation Centre	1,500
Chesham United	Chesham	The Meadow	5,000
Dorchester Town	Dorchester	The Avenue Stadium	5,000
Farnborough	Farnborough	Cherrywood Road	7,000
Gosport Borough	Gosport	Privett Park	4,500
Harrow Borough	Harrow	Earlsmead Stadium	3,000
Hartley Wintney	Hartley Wintney	The Memorial Playing Fields	2,000
Hayes & Yeading United	Hayes, Hillingdon	SkyEx Community Stadium	3,000
Hendon	Hendon	Silver Jubilee Park	2,000
Merthyr Town	Merthyr Tydfil	Penydarren Park	4,000
Metropolitan Police	East Molesey	Imber Court	3,000
Poole Town	Poole	The BlackGold Stadium	2,500
Salisbury	Salisbury	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	5,000
Swindon Supermarine	Swindon (South Marston)	Hunts Copse Ground	3,000
Taunton Town	Taunton	Wordsworth Drive	2,500
Tiverton Town	Tiverton	Ladysmead	3,500
Truro City	Truro	Treyew Road	3,200
Walton Casuals	Walton-on-Thames	Elmbridge Xcel Sports Hub	2,500
Weston-super-Mare	Weston-super-Mare	Woodspring Stadium	3,500
Wimborne Town	Wimborne Minster	The Cuthbury	3,000
Yate Town	Yate	Lodge Road	2,000

Season
Berkhamstead
280
946 (3.38 per match)
25 goals - Lewis Toomey (Berkhamsted)
811 Halesowen Town 4–0 Kempston Rovers
47,344
169 (-10.6% to previous season)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Division One Central consisted of 14 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs.

Relegated from the Premier Division Central:
- Bedworth United
- Halesowen Town
- St Neots Town
Plus:
- Biggleswade, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League
- Daventry Town, promoted from the United Counties League
- Wantage Town, promoted from the Hellenic League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	28	20	4	4	69	24	+45	64
2	27	20	3	4	72	19	+53	63
3	28	18	5	5	64	26	+38	59
4	29	15	6	8	59	36	+23	51
5	29	13	10	6	49	30	+19	49
6	27	13	5	9	44	33	+11	44
7	29	13	5	11	65	55	+10	44
8	29	13	5	11	55	52	+3	44
9	27	13	5	9	46	43	+3	44
10	27	13	3	11	50	50	0	42
11	27	12	4	11	51	35	+16	40
12	29	11	7	11	49	54	−5	40
13	28	12	4	12	42	48	−6	40
14	28	10	6	12	50	47	+3	36
15	29	10	4	15	51	54	−3	34
16	28	9	6	13	32	48	−16	33
17	27	7	4	16	20	44	−24	25
18	28	6	3	19	33	59	−26	21
19	28	5	2	21	29	68	−39	17
20	28	1	1	26	16	121	−105	4

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Dunstable	Dunstable	Creasey Park	3,200
Aylesbury United	Aylesbury	The Meadow (groundshare with Chesham United)	5,000
Barton Rovers	Barton-le-Clay	Sharpenhoe Road	4,000
Bedford Town	Bedford	The Eyrie	3,000
Bedworth United	Bedworth	The Oval	3,000
Berkhamsted	Berkhamsted	Broadwater	2,500
Biggleswade	Biggleswade	Langford Road (groundshare with Biggleswade Town)	3,000
Coleshill Town	Coleshill	Pack Meadow	2,070
Corby Town	Corby	Steel Park	3,893
Daventry Town	Daventry	Communications Park	3,000
Didcot Town	Didcot	Loop Meadow	3,000
Halesowen Town	Halesowen	The Grove	3,150
Kempston Rovers	Kempston	Hillgrounds Leisure	2,000
Kidlington	Kidlington	Yarnton Road	1,500
North Leigh	North Leigh	Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground	2,000
St Neots Town	St Neots	New Rowley Park	3,500
Thame United	Thame	Meadow View Park	2,000
Wantage Town	Wantage	Alfredian Park	1,500
Welwyn Garden City	Welwyn Garden City	Herns Way	1,000
Yaxley	Yaxley	Leading Drove	1,500

Season
Thatcham Town
269
932 (3.46 per match)
21 goals - Ben Bament (Paulton Rovers)
702 Melksham Town 4–1 Frome Town
49,045
182 (+6.4% to previous season)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Division One South consisted of 16 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:

Basingstoke Town, relegated from the Premier Division South
Frome Town, relegated from the Premier Division South
Sholing, promoted from the Wessex League
Willand Rovers, promoted from the Western League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	27	18	4	5	66	28	+38	58
2	28	17	7	4	57	27	+30	58
3	27	14	7	6	45	37	+8	49
4	27	14	6	7	53	37	+16	48
5	28	14	5	9	58	51	+7	47
6	27	14	3	10	58	38	+20	45
7	27	13	6	8	61	43	+18	45
8	26	13	4	9	59	45	+14	43
9	28	11	8	9	52	50	+2	41
10	25	12	2	11	39	33	+6	38
11	28	10	7	11	49	50	−1	37
12	26	11	2	13	54	53	+1	35
13	28	8	8	12	36	41	−5	32
14	24	10	2	12	32	37	−5	32
15	27	8	6	13	31	44	−13	30
16	27	7	8	12	39	53	−14	29
17	29	8	4	17	46	65	−19	28
18	25	7	6	12	37	50	−13	27
19	27	5	4	18	34	76	−42	18
20	27	5	1	21	26	74	−48	16

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Totton	Totton	Testwood Stadium	3,000
Barnstaple Town	Barnstaple	Mill Road	5,000
Basingstoke Town	Basingstoke	The City Ground (groundshare with Winchester City)	4,500
Bideford	Bideford	The Sports Ground	2,000
Bristol Manor Farm	Bristol (Sea Mills)	The Creek	2,000
Cinderford Town	Cinderford	Causeway Ground	3,500
Cirencester Town	Cirencester	Corinium Stadium	4,500
Evesham United	Evesham	Jubilee Stadium	3,000
Frome Town	Frome	Badgers Hill	2,000
Highworth Town	Highworth	The Elms Recreation Ground	2,000
Larkhall Athletic	Bath (Larkhall)	The Plain Ham Ground	1,000
Mangotsfield United	Mangotsfield	Cossham Street	2,500
Melksham Town	Melksham	Oakfield Stadium	2,500
Moneyfields	Portsmouth	Moneyfields Sports Ground	2,000
Paulton Rovers	Paulton	Athletic Field	2,500
Sholing	Sholing	Universal Stadium	1,000
Slimbridge	Slimbridge	Thornhill Park	1,500
Thatcham Town	Thatcham	Waterside Park	1,500
Willand Rovers	Willand	The Stan Robinson Stadium	1,000
Winchester City	Winchester	The City Ground	4,500

Southern Football League
2019–20 Isthmian League
2019–20 Northern Premier League
Official website Archived 2020-07-15 at the Wayback Machine

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