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1965–66 Southern Football League

English football competition

English football competition

FieldValue
competitionSouthern Football League
Premier Division
season1965–66
winnersWeymouth
relegatedDartford
Margate
Rugby Town
Tonbridge
matches462
total goals1548
prevseason[1964–65](1964-65-southern-football-league-premier-division)
nextseason[1966–67](1966-67-southern-football-league-premier-division)

The 1965–66 Southern Football League season was the 63rd in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Weymouth won the championship for the second time in a row, whilst Barnet, Bath City, Burton Albion and Hillingdon Borough were all promoted to the Premier Division. Nine 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:

  • Corby Town
  • Hereford United
  • Poole Town
  • Wimbledon

League table

Premier Division Margate Rugby Town Tonbridge

Division One

Division One expanded up to 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:

  • Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

    • Bath City
    • Bexley United
    • Hastings United
    • Wisbech Town

  • Plus:

    • Barnet, joined from the Athenian League
    • Dunstable Town, joined from the Metropolitan League

League table

Division One Bath City Burton Albion Hillingdon Borough

Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 14 non-League clubs applied for election, including nine Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.

ClubLeagueVotes
Lincoln CityFootball League43
Bradford CityFootball League42
WrexhamFootball League40
RochdaleFootball League40
Wigan AthleticCheshire League5
Cambridge UnitedSouthern League5
Hereford UnitedSouthern League4
Bedford TownSouthern League3
RomfordSouthern League2
MorecambeLancashire Combination2
Corby TownSouthern League1
Wellington TownSouthern League1
WimbledonSouthern League0
ScarboroughMidland League0
Yeovil TownSouthern League0
FolkestoneSouthern 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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