1981–82 Southern Football League

The 1981–82 Southern Football League season saw the league split into Midland and Southern Divisions for a third season.^[1] However, league restructuring for the forthcoming season meant that the top ten in each division (minus promoted clubs) would remain at the sixth level in a new Premier Division, whilst clubs finishing lower would be relegated to the re-established Division One Midlands and Division One South.

Nuneaton Borough won the Midland Division, whilst Wealdstone won the Southern Division, both earning promotion to the Alliance Premier League, having both also been relegated from the APL the previous season. Wealdstone were declared Southern League champions after defeating Nuneaton on penalties, after the two championship play-offs had finished 3–3 on aggregate (Wealdstone won 2–1 at home and Nuneaton won 1–0).^[2] They completed the double by also winning the League Cup.

At the end of the season Bedford Town folded, whilst Barry Town left to join the Welsh Football League.

Final tables

Midland Division

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

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Nuneaton Borough	42	27	11	4	88	32	56	65	Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
2	Alvechurch	42	26	10	6	79	34	45	62
3	Kidderminster Harriers	42	22	12	8	71	40	31	56
4	Stourbridge	42	21	10	11	69	47	22	52
5	Gloucester City	42	21	9	12	64	48	16	51
6	Bedworth United	42	20	10	12	59	40	19	50
7	Enderby Town	42	20	10	12	79	66	13	50
8	Witney Town	42	19	8	15	71	49	22	46
9	Barry Town	42	16	14	12	59	46	13	46	Left to join Welsh Football League
10	Corby Town	42	19	8	15	70	59	11	46
11	Merthyr Tydfil	42	16	12	14	63	54	9	44	Relegated
12	Wellingborough Town	42	15	12	15	50	45	5	42
13	Bridgend Town	42	13	13	16	50	62	−12	39
14	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	15	8	19	57	63	−6	38
15	Bedford Town	42	12	13	17	45	54	−9	37	Folded at end of season
16	Cheltenham Town	42	11	14	17	65	68	−3	36	Relegated
17	Taunton Town	42	12	8	22	46	76	−30	32
18	Banbury United	42	11	8	23	63	91	−28	30
19	Minehead	42	12	6	24	38	69	−31	30
20	Cambridge City	42	10	8	24	38	80	−42	28
21	Milton Keynes City	42	6	11	25	34	70	−36	23
22	Redditch United	42	8	5	29	37	102	−65	21

Southern Division

The Southern Division featured two new clubs:

Wealdstone (relegated from the Alliance Premier League)
Welling United (promoted from the Athenian League)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Wealdstone	46	32	8	6	100	32	68	72	Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
2	Hastings United	46	31	9	6	79	34	45	71
3	Dorchester Town	46	21	18	7	76	41	35	60
4	Gosport Borough	46	26	8	12	76	45	31	60
5	Fareham Town	46	20	14	12	58	48	10	54
6	Poole Town	46	19	15	12	92	63	29	53
7	Waterlooville	46	22	9	15	75	53	22	53
8	Welling United	46	19	13	14	70	48	22	51
9	Addlestone & Weybridge	46	17	17	12	71	53	18	51
10	Chelmsford City	46	20	11	15	64	53	11	51
11	Aylesbury United	46	19	12	15	79	61	18	50	Relegated
12	Basingstoke Town	46	18	12	16	74	61	13	48
13	Dover	46	19	8	19	61	63	−2	46
14	Ashford Town	46	16	14	16	52	56	−4	46
15	Tonbridge	46	19	7	20	62	70	−8	45
16	Dunstable	46	18	8	20	63	68	−5	44
17	Salisbury	46	16	10	20	64	81	−17	42
18	Hounslow	46	15	11	20	59	83	−24	41
19	Hillingdon Borough	46	14	10	22	46	58	−12	38
20	Canterbury City	46	10	16	20	49	78	−29	36
21	Crawley Town	46	9	12	25	46	81	−35	30
22	Folkestone	46	10	6	30	49	101	−52	26
23	Andover	46	4	11	31	39	100	−61	19
24	Thanet United	46	5	7	34	37	110	−73	17

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Wealdstone 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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