1980–81 Southern Football League

The 1980–81 Southern Football League season saw the league split into Midland and Southern Divisions.^[1] Alvechurch won the Midland Division, whilst Dartford won the Southern Division. Alvechurch were declared Southern League champions after defeating Dartford 4–3 on penalties, after the two championship play-offs had finished 3–3 on aggregate (Alvechurch won 1–0 at home and Dartford won 3–2).^[2] Despite Alvechuch being champions, they were not promoted to the Alliance Premier League alongside Dartford, with fourth-placed Trowbridge Town going up in their place. There was no relegation for the second successive season, although Bognor Regis Town transferred to the Isthmian League at the end of the season.

Bedford Town won the League Cup.

Final tables

Midland Division

The Midland Division featured one new club, Redditch United, who had been relegated from the Alliance Premier League.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Alvechurch	42	26	9	7	76	40	36	61
2	Bedford Town	42	25	11	6	63	32	31	61
3	Trowbridge Town	42	24	9	9	69	39	30	57	Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
4	Kidderminster Harriers	42	23	9	10	67	41	26	55
5	Barry Town	42	21	9	12	60	40	20	51
6	Stourbridge	42	17	16	9	75	49	26	50
7	Enderby Town	42	21	8	13	71	47	24	50
8	Cheltenham Town	42	18	12	12	70	59	11	48
9	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	19	9	14	65	50	15	47
10	Corby Town	42	19	7	16	69	58	11	45
11	Bridgend Town	42	19	7	16	74	64	10	45
12	Minehead	42	19	7	16	54	60	−6	45
13	Gloucester City	42	19	6	17	82	72	10	44
14	Merthyr Tydfil	42	15	12	15	60	50	10	42
15	Bedworth United	42	14	12	16	49	46	3	40
16	Banbury United	42	11	11	20	51	65	−14	33
17	Taunton Town	42	10	9	23	48	68	−20	29
18	Cambridge City	42	8	12	22	46	87	−41	28
19	Witney Town	42	9	9	24	44	65	−21	27
20	Wellingborough Town	42	10	7	25	43	91	−48	27
21	Redditch United	42	11	4	27	54	92	−38	26
22	Milton Keynes City	42	3	7	32	28	103	−75	13

Southern Division

There were no new clubs in the Southern Division this season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Dartford	46	26	14	6	76	39	37	66	Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
2	Bognor Regis Town	46	25	13	8	95	43	52	63	Transferred to the Isthmian League at end of season
3	Hastings United	46	24	14	8	87	43	44	62
4	Gosport Borough	46	24	12	10	84	52	32	60
5	Waterlooville	46	19	21	6	67	50	17	59
6	Dorchester Town	46	21	13	12	84	56	28	55
7	Dover	46	22	10	14	70	50	20	54
8	Poole Town	46	19	14	13	70	56	14	52
9	Addlestone & Weybridge	46	21	9	16	66	57	9	51
10	Dunstable	46	19	13	14	73	68	5	51
11	Aylesbury United	46	20	10	16	66	60	6	50
12	Hounslow	46	17	13	16	65	55	10	47
13	Hillingdon Borough	46	16	15	15	50	49	1	47
14	Basingstoke Town	46	16	14	16	69	58	11	46
15	Crawley Town	46	18	4	24	64	78	−14	40
16	Ashford Town	46	12	15	19	55	76	−21	39
17	Tonbridge	46	12	15	19	44	68	−24	39
18	Chelmsford City	46	13	12	21	54	78	−24	38
19	Canterbury City	46	12	13	21	40	59	−19	37
20	Salisbury	46	14	8	24	57	76	−19	36
21	Folkestone	46	11	11	24	47	65	−18	33
22	Margate	46	11	7	28	65	117	−52	29	Changed name to Thanet United at end of season
23	Fareham Town	46	5	18	23	31	73	−42	28
24	Andover	46	6	10	30	41	94	−53	22

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Dartford 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

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1980–81 in English football

« 1979–80

1981–82 »

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Cardiff City Chelsea Derby County Grimsby Town Leyton Orient Luton Town Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Watford West Ham United Wrexham

Third Division	Barnsley Blackpool Brentford Burnley Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Huddersfield Town Hull City Millwall Newport County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Swindon Town Walsall

Fourth Division	Aldershot Bournemouth Bradford City Bury Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wimbledon York City

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 16, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.