1949–50 Southern Football League

The 1949–50 Southern Football League season saw Merthyr Tydfil win the championship.^[1] Six Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, with Colchester United and Gillingham succeeding.

Final table

The league featured two new clubs:

Headington United
Weymouth

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Merthyr Tydfil	46	34	3	9	143	62	2.31	71
2	Colchester United	46	31	9	6	109	51	2.14	71	Elected to the Football League
3	Yeovil Town	46	29	7	10	104	45	2.31	65
4	Chelmsford City	46	26	9	11	121	64	1.89	61
5	Gillingham	46	23	9	14	92	61	1.51	55	Elected to the Football League
6	Dartford	46	20	9	17	70	65	1.08	49
7	Worcester City	46	21	7	18	85	80	1.06	49
8	Guildford City	46	18	11	17	79	73	1.08	47
9	Weymouth	46	19	9	18	80	81	0.99	47
10	Barry Town	46	18	10	18	78	72	1.08	46
11	Exeter City II	46	16	14	16	73	83	0.88	46
12	Lovells Athletic	46	17	10	19	86	78	1.1	44
13	Tonbridge	46	16	12	18	65	76	0.86	44
14	Hastings United	46	17	8	21	92	140	0.66	42
15	Gravesend & Northfleet	46	16	9	21	88	81	1.09	41
16	Torquay United II	46	14	12	20	80	89	0.9	40
17	Bath City	46	16	7	23	61	78	0.78	39
18	Gloucester City	46	14	11	21	72	101	0.71	39
19	Hereford United	46	15	8	23	74	76	0.97	38
20	Cheltenham Town	46	13	11	22	75	96	0.78	37
21	Headington United	46	15	7	24	72	97	0.74	37
22	Bedford Town	46	12	11	23	63	79	0.79	35
23	Kidderminster Harriers	46	12	11	23	64	108	0.59	35
24	Chingford Town	46	10	6	30	63	151	0.41	26

^{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

As the Football League's Division Three South was expanded from 20 to 22 clubs, no League clubs put up for re-election, but two places were available for non-League clubs. Six Southern League clubs applied, with Gillingham and Colchester United topping the ballot,^[2] despite Merthyr winning the league.

Club	League	Votes
Gillingham	Southern League	44
Colchester United	Southern League	28
Worcester City	Southern League	11
Chelmsford City	Southern League	8
Peterborough United	Midland League	5
Merthyr Tydfil	Southern League	1
Yeovil Town	Southern League	1
Llanelly	Welsh National League (South)	0
Cradley Heath	Birmingham & District League	0
Nuneaton Borough	Birmingham Combination	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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