1979–80 Southern Football League

The 1979–80 Southern Football League season saw the league split into Midland and Southern Divisions after 13 clubs had left the previous season to establish the Alliance Premier League.^[1] Bridgend Town won the Midland Division, whilst Dorchester Town won the Southern Division. Bridgend were declared Southern League champions after defeating Dorchester 3–0 at home and 2–1 away to win a championship play-off.^[2] There was no promotion to the Alliance Premier League and no relegation to feeder leagues.

Final tables

Midland Division

Aside from the four clubs that had left to join the Northern Premier League, the Midland Division was largely based on Division One North from the previous season, with the addition of:

Bridgend Town (from the Premier Division)
Cheltenham Town (from the Premier Division)
Minehead (from the Southern League)
Trowbridge Town (from the Southern League)
Taunton Town (from the Southern League)
Witney Town (from the Premier Division)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Bridgend Town	42	28	6	8	85	39	46	62
2	Minehead	42	22	15	5	70	42	28	59
3	Bedford Town	42	20	12	10	71	42	29	52
4	Kidderminster Harriers	42	23	6	13	81	59	22	52
5	Merthyr Tydfil	42	20	11	11	70	47	23	51
6	Enderby Town	42	21	8	13	62	50	12	50
7	Stourbridge	42	19	11	12	67	49	18	49
8	Alvechurch	42	17	14	11	78	60	18	48
9	Trowbridge Town	42	19	9	14	62	61	1	47
10	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	18	10	14	67	56	11	46
11	Barry Town	42	15	12	15	64	58	6	42
12	King's Lynn	42	15	11	16	48	55	−7	41	Left to join Northern Premier League at end of season
13	Banbury United	42	13	14	15	56	56	0	40
14	Taunton Town	42	16	8	18	55	62	−7	40
15	Witney Town	42	10	19	13	43	45	−2	39
16	Bedworth United	42	12	15	15	40	42	−2	39
17	Milton Keynes City	42	15	7	20	46	59	−13	37
18	Gloucester City	42	10	14	18	55	68	−13	32	Two points deducted
19	Cheltenham Town	42	13	5	24	49	70	−21	31
20	Wellingborough Town	42	9	7	26	54	106	−52	25
21	Cambridge City	42	6	9	27	30	73	−43	21
22	Corby Town	42	5	9	28	40	94	−54	19

Southern Division

Aside from the three clubs that were transferred to the Midland Division, the Southern Division was largely based on Division One South from the previous season, with the addition of:

Dartford (from the Premier Division)
Dorchester Town (from the Premier Division)
Hastings United (from the Premier Division)
Hillingdon Borough (from the Premier Division)
Margate (from the Premier Division)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Dorchester Town	46	25	12	9	81	53	28	62
2	Aylesbury United	46	25	11	10	73	40	33	61
3	Dover	46	22	13	11	78	47	31	57
4	Gosport Borough	46	21	15	10	70	50	20	57
5	Dartford	46	21	14	11	66	45	21	56
6	Bognor Regis Town	46	20	15	11	66	38	28	55
7	Hillingdon Borough	46	19	16	11	64	41	23	54
8	Dunstable	46	17	19	10	93	64	29	53
9	Addlestone	46	20	13	13	72	57	15	53	Changed name to Addlestone & Weybridge at end of season
10	Hastings United	46	19	15	12	74	65	9	53
11	Fareham Town	46	16	16	14	61	53	8	48
12	Waterlooville	46	17	12	17	67	64	3	46
13	Andover	46	16	13	17	65	65	0	45
14	Poole Town	46	16	13	17	49	64	−15	45
15	Canterbury City	46	15	14	17	56	60	−4	44
16	Hounslow	46	14	15	17	44	57	−13	43
17	Margate	46	17	8	21	51	62	−11	42
18	Folkestone & Shepway	46	14	11	21	54	63	−9	39	Changed name to Folkestone at end of season
19	Ashford Town	46	12	14	20	54	71	−17	38
20	Crawley Town	46	13	11	22	55	72	−17	37
21	Chelmsford City	46	9	18	19	47	69	−22	36
22	Basingstoke Town	46	9	15	22	48	79	−31	33
23	Salisbury	46	10	12	24	47	58	−11	32
24	Tonbridge	46	3	9	34	30	128	−98	15

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Bridgend Town at the Football Club History Database

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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Third Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Mansfield Town Millwall Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southend United Swindon Town Wimbledon

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