1977–78 Southern Football League

The 1977–78 Southern Football League season saw Bath City win the Premier Division.^[1] Minehead, Dover, Bedford Town and Grantham were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst Witney Town, Margate, Bridgend Town and Dorchester Town were all promoted to the Premier Division, the former two as champions. Romford folded at the end of the season.

Tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new clubs:

Barnet (promoted from Division One South)
Cheltenham Town (promoted from the Division One North)
Hastings United (promoted from Division One South)
Worcester City (promoted from the Division One North)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Bath City	42	22	18	2	83	32	51	62
2	Weymouth	42	21	16	5	64	36	28	58
3	Maidstone United	42	20	11	11	59	41	18	51
4	Worcester City	42	20	11	11	67	50	17	51
5	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	19	11	12	57	42	15	49
6	Kettering Town	42	18	11	13	58	48	10	47
7	Barnet	42	18	11	13	63	58	5	47
8	Wealdstone	42	16	14	12	54	48	6	46
9	Telford United	42	17	11	14	52	45	7	45
10	Nuneaton Borough	42	15	14	13	38	36	2	44
11	Dartford	42	14	15	13	57	65	−8	43
12	Yeovil Town	42	14	14	14	57	49	8	42
13	Hastings United	42	15	9	18	49	60	−11	39
14	Cheltenham Town	42	12	14	16	43	52	−9	38
15	Hillingdon Borough	42	13	9	20	45	54	−9	35
16	Atherstone Town	42	10	15	17	41	56	−15	35
17	Redditch United	42	15	5	22	40	55	−15	35
18	AP Leamington	42	11	13	18	34	57	−23	35
19	Minehead	42	11	12	19	43	48	−5	34	Relegated to Division One
20	Dover	42	9	13	20	41	63	−22	31
21	Bedford Town	42	8	13	21	51	75	−24	29
22	Grantham	42	11	6	25	40	66	−26	28

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, with one club from each of the Southern League and Northern Premier League also on the ballot. Champions Bath City participated in the vote, but finished bottom. NPL club Wigan Athletic were elected to the League after beating Southport in a second round of voting.^[2]

Club	League	First round votes	Second round votes
York City	Football League Division Four	49
Rochdale	Football League Division Four	39
Hartepool United	Football League Division Four	37
Wigan Athletic	Northern Premier League	27	29
Southport	Football League Division Four	21	20
Bath City	Southern League	23

Division One North

Division One North featured three new clubs, all of which had been relegated from the Premier Division the previous season:

Bridgend Town (elected from the Welsh Football League
Burton Albion (relegated from the Premier Division)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Witney Town	38	20	15	3	54	27	27	55	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Bridgend Town	38	20	9	9	59	45	14	49	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Burton Albion	38	17	11	10	48	32	16	45
4	Enderby Town	38	17	10	11	59	44	15	44
5	Bromsgrove Rovers	38	16	12	10	56	41	15	44
6	Banbury United	38	17	10	11	52	47	5	44
7	Kidderminster Harriers	38	16	11	11	58	41	17	43
8	Merthyr Tydfil	38	18	6	14	85	62	23	42
9	Cambridge City	38	14	12	12	56	45	11	40
10	Barry Town	38	14	11	13	58	48	10	39
11	Wellingborough Town	38	11	15	12	47	43	4	37
12	King's Lynn	38	12	13	13	55	55	0	37
13	Gloucester City	38	14	8	16	68	75	−7	36
14	Corby Town	38	9	17	12	46	48	−2	35
15	Dunstable	38	11	13	14	49	59	−10	35	Transferred to Division One South at end of season
16	Stourbridge	38	9	15	14	52	53	−1	33
17	Tamworth	38	10	11	17	37	48	−11	31
18	Bedworth United	38	8	14	16	36	58	−22	30
19	Milton Keynes City	38	5	11	22	26	74	−48	21
20	Oswestry Town	38	6	8	24	29	85	−56	20

Division One South

Division One South featured five new clubs:

Addlestone (promoted from the Athenian League)
Chelmsford City (relegated from the Premier Division)
Hounslow (promoted from the Athenian League)
Margate (relegated from the Premier Division)
Taunton Town (promoted from the Western League)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Margate	38	24	10	4	92	32	60	58	Promoted to Premier Division
2	Dorchester Town	38	23	10	5	67	31	36	56	Promoted to Premier Division
3	Salisbury	38	21	10	7	60	27	33	52
4	Waterlooville	38	19	13	6	66	36	30	51
5	Romford	38	17	15	6	58	37	21	49	Folded at end of season
6	Aylesbury United	38	20	7	11	56	42	14	47
7	Trowbridge Town	38	16	11	11	65	59	6	43
8	Chelmsford City	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	41
9	Folkestone & Shepway	38	16	9	13	64	56	8	41
10	Taunton Town	38	15	10	13	57	54	3	40
11	Addlestone	38	14	10	14	57	60	−3	38
12	Crawley Town	38	14	9	15	61	60	1	37
13	Basingstoke Town	38	11	11	16	44	50	−6	33
14	Tonbridge	38	13	5	20	64	77	−13	31
15	Ashford Town	38	9	13	16	39	60	−21	31
16	Hounslow	38	10	10	18	43	62	−19	30
17	Bognor Regis Town	38	9	8	21	52	69	−17	26
18	Poole Town	38	8	10	20	43	68	−25	26
19	Andover	38	4	12	22	30	68	−38	20
20	Canterbury City	38	2	6	30	31	113	−82	10

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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