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1976–77 Southern Football League

Field	Value
competition	Southern Football League
Premier Division
season	1976–77
winners	Wimbledon
relegated	Burton Albion
Chelmsford City
Margate
matches	462
total goals	1113
prevseason	[1975–76](1975-76-southern-football-league-premier-division)
nextseason	[1977–78](1977-78-southern-football-league-premier-division)

The 1976–77 Southern Football League season was the 74th in the history of the league, an English football competition. It was the first Southern Football League season to use goal difference as a tie-breaker.

Wimbledon won the championship, winning their third Southern League title in a row and was elected to the Football League replacing Workington, whilst Worcester City, Barnet, Cheltenham Town and Hastings United were all promoted to the Premier Division, the former two as champions. Metropolitan Police left the league to join the Isthmian League.

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:
- Redditch United
- AP Leamington
Two clubs promoted from Division One South:
- Dartford
- Minehead

Wimbledon was elected to the Football League in place of Workington. Thus, Telford United remained in the division.

League table

Premier Division Chelmsford City Margate

Division One North

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

Cambridge City
Dunstable
Stourbridge

League table

Division One North Worcester City

Division One South

Division One South consisted of 18 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:

Aylesbury United, promoted from the Athenian League
Barnet, transferred from the North Division
Tonbridge Angels, demoted from the Premier Division

League table

Division One South Hastings United

Football League elections

At the end of the season, the bottom four of the Football League had to be re-elected to retain their place. Whilst in previous seasons the number of non-League applicants had been unlimited, this season saw the Football League Management Committee limit the number to two, with Wimbledon and Northern Premier League members Altrincham (who had finished tenth) entering the ballot. The top four in the vote would retain/win a place in the League.

With 27 votes, Wimbledon finished fourth in the election, earning a place in the League at the expense of Workington, who dropped into the Northern Premier League.

Club	League	Votes
Halifax Town	Football League Division Four	44
Hartlepool	Football League Division Four	42
Southport	Football League Division Four	37
Wimbledon	Southern League Premier Division	27
Workington	Football League Division Four	21
Altrincham	Northern Premier League	12

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