1947–48 Southern Football League

The 1947–48 season was the 45th in the history of the Southern League. Merthyr Tydfil won the championship.^[1] Eight Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Final table

Southern Football League
Season	1947-48
Champions	Merthyr Tydfil (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1132 (3.7 per match)
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 16 sides from previous season, and two new teams.

Newly elected teams:

Lovells Athletic - returned to the league after 17 seasons of absence
Torquay United II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Merthyr Tydfil	34	23	7	4	84	38	2.21	53
2	Gillingham	34	21	5	8	81	43	1.88	47
3	Worcester City	34	21	3	10	74	45	1.64	45
4	Colchester United	34	17	10	7	88	41	2.15	44
5	Hereford United	34	16	10	8	77	53	1.45	42
6	Lovells Athletic	34	17	6	11	74	50	1.48	40
7	Exeter City II	34	15	7	12	65	57	1.14	37
8	Yeovil Town	34	12	11	11	56	50	1.12	35
9	Chelmsford City	34	14	7	13	62	58	1.07	35
10	Cheltenham Town	34	13	9	12	71	71	1	35
11	Bath City	34	12	8	14	55	62	0.89	32
12	Barry Town	34	10	9	15	60	70	0.86	29
13	Gravesend & Northfleet	34	11	6	17	52	81	0.64	28
14	Guildford City	34	11	4	19	69	74	0.93	26
15	Dartford	34	10	6	18	35	62	0.56	26
16	Gloucester City	34	8	6	20	45	78	0.58	22
17	Torquay United II	34	6	9	19	43	95	0.45	21
18	Bedford Town	34	6	3	25	41	104	0.39	15

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League elections

Eight Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League, but all four League clubs were re-elected.^[2]

Club	League	Votes
Brighton & Hove Albion	Football League	47
Norwich City	Football League	47
Halifax Town	Football League	47
New Brighton	Football League	38
Shrewsbury Town	Midland League	8
Colchester United	Southern League	2
Scunthorpe United	Midland League	2
Gillingham	Southern League	1
Worcester City	Southern League	1
South Liverpool	Cheshire League	1
Bath City	Southern League	0
Bridgend Town	Welsh National League (South)	0
Chelmsford City	Southern League	0
Lovells Athletic	Southern League	0
Merthyr Tydfil	Southern League	0
Peterborough United	Midland League	0
Yeovil Town	Southern League	0
Nelson	Lancashire Combination	0
North Shields	North Eastern League	0
Northwich Victoria	Cheshire League	0
Wigan Athletic	Lancashire Combination	0
Workington	North Eastern League	0

References

Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Banbury United Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Burnham Cinderford Town Didcot Town Evesham United Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Marlow North Leigh Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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