1987–88 Southern Football League

The 1987–88 season was the 85th in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Aylesbury United
Promoted	Aylesbury United
Relegated	Chelmsford City Nuneaton Borough Willenhall Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1280 (2.77 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The Premier Division featured five new teams:

Ashford Town, promoted as runners-up of the Southern Division
Dorchester Town, promoted as champions of the Southern Division
Leicester United, promoted as runners-up of the Midland Division
Nuneaton Borough, relegated from the Football Conference
VS Rugby, promoted as champions of the Midland Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aylesbury United !Aylesbury United (C) (P)	42	27	8	7	79	35	+44	89	Promotion to 1988–89 Football Conference
2	Dartford !Dartford	42	27	8	7	79	39	+40	89
3	Cambridge City !Cambridge City	42	24	8	10	84	43	+41	80
4	Bromsgrove Rovers !Bromsgrove Rovers	42	22	11	9	65	39	+26	77
5	Worcester City !Worcester City	42	22	6	14	58	48	+10	72
6	Crawley Town !Crawley Town	42	17	14	11	73	63	+10	65
7	Alvechurch !Alvechurch	42	17	13	12	54	52	+2	64
8	Leicester United !Leicester United	42	15	14	13	68	59	+9	59
9	Fareham Town !Fareham Town	43	16	11	16	51	59	−8	59
10	Corby Town !Corby Town	42	16	8	18	61	64	−3	56
11	Dorchester Town !Dorchester Town	42	14	14	14	51	57	−6	56
12	Ashford Town !Ashford Town	42	12	16	14	45	54	−9	52
13	Shepshed Charterhouse !Shepshed Charterhouse	42	13	11	18	53	62	−9	50	Transferred to the Northern Premier League
14	Bedworth United !Bedworth United	42	12	14	16	49	64	−15	50
15	Gosport Borough !Gosport Borough	42	10	17	15	39	49	−10	47
16	Burton Albion !Burton Albion	42	11	14	17	62	74	−12	47
17	VS Rugby !VS Rugby	42	10	16	16	52	57	−5	46
18	Redditch United !Redditch United	42	10	13	19	55	63	−8	43
19	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City (R)	42	11	10	21	60	75	−15	43	Relegation to 1988–89 Southern Division
20	Willenhall Town !Willenhall Town (R)	42	9	12	21	39	76	−37	39	Relegation to 1988–89 Midland Division
21	Nuneaton Borough !Nuneaton Borough (R)	42	8	13	21	58	77	−19	37	Relegation to 1988–89 Midland Division
22	Witney Town !Witney Town (R)	42	8	11	23	45	71	−26	35	Relegation to 1988–89 Southern Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Midland Division

Southern Football League
Midland Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Merthyr Tydfil
Promoted	Merthyr Tydfil Moor Green
Relegated	Paget Rangers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1455 (3.15 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The Midland Division featured five new teams.

Atherstone United, promoted champions of the West Midlands (Regional) League
Dudley Town and King's Lynn, relegated from the Premier Division
Paget Rangers, promoted runners-up of the Midland Combination
Trowbridge Town, transferred from the Southern Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Merthyr Tydfil !Merthyr Tydfil (C) (P)	42	30	4	8	102	40	+62	94	Promotion to 1988–89 Premier Division
2	Moor Green !Moor Green (P)	42	26	8	8	91	49	+42	86	Promotion to 1988–89 Premier Division
3	Grantham Town !Grantham Town	42	27	4	11	97	53	+44	85
4	Atherstone United !Atherstone United	42	22	10	10	93	56	+37	76
5	Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town	42	22	6	14	71	47	+24	72
6	Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town	42	18	15	9	75	59	+16	69
7	Gloucester City !Gloucester City	42	18	14	10	86	62	+24	68
8	Dudley Town !Dudley Town	42	20	5	17	64	55	+9	65
9	Forest Green Rovers !Forest Green Rovers	42	14	16	12	67	54	+13	58
10	Banbury United !Banbury United	42	17	7	18	48	46	+2	58
11	Bridgnorth Town !Bridgnorth Town	42	16	7	19	59	75	−16	55
12	Buckingham Town !Buckingham Town	42	15	9	18	74	75	−1	54	Transferred to the Southern Division
13	King's Lynn !King's Lynn	42	16	6	20	53	63	−10	54
14	Wellingborough Town !Wellingborough Town	42	14	10	18	67	70	−3	52
15	Rushden Town !Rushden Town	42	14	9	19	69	85	−16	51
16	Trowbridge Town !Trowbridge Town	42	14	3	25	53	82	−29	45	Transferred to the Southern Division
17	Bilston Town !Bilston Town	42	12	8	22	52	87	−35	44
18	Hednesford Town !Hednesford Town	42	11	10	21	50	81	−31	43
19	Mile Oak Rovers !Mile Oak Rovers	42	9	14	19	43	65	−22	41
20	Coventry Sporting !Coventry Sporting	42	11	8	23	46	83	−37	41
21	Stourbridge !Stourbridge	42	10	10	22	46	79	−33	40
22	Paget Rangers !Paget Rangers (R)	42	10	9	23	49	89	−40	39	Relegation to West Midlands League

Southern Division

Southern Football League
Southern Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Dover Athletic
Promoted	Dover Athletic Waterlooville
Relegated	Chatham Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1221 (2.91 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The Southern Division featured five new teams.

Baldock Town, promoted as runners-up of the United Counties League
Bury Town, promoted as third in the Eastern Counties Football League
Folkestone and Salisbury, relegated from the Premier Division
Hounslow, promoted as runners-up of the Hellenic Football League
Sheppey United, as runners-up of the Kent Football League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dover Athletic !Dover Athletic (C) (P)	40	28	10	2	81	28	+53	94	Promotion to 1988–89 Premier Division
2	Waterlooville !Waterlooville (P)	40	27	10	3	88	33	+55	91	Promotion to 1988–89 Premier Division
3	Salisbury !Salisbury	40	24	11	5	71	33	+38	83
4	Gravesend & Northfleet !Gravesend & Northfleet	40	20	12	8	60	32	+28	72
5	Thanet United !Thanet United	40	17	13	10	60	38	+22	64
6	Andover !Andover	40	17	13	10	64	58	+6	64
7	Dunstable !Dunstable	40	17	12	11	78	56	+22	63
8	Burnham !Burnham	40	17	10	13	61	45	+16	61
9	Bury Town !Bury Town	40	17	7	16	80	67	+13	58
10	Erith & Belvedere !Erith & Belvedere	40	16	9	15	52	56	−4	57
11	Sheppey United !Sheppey United	40	14	10	16	58	52	+6	52
12	Hastings Town !Hastings Town	40	14	10	16	62	70	−8	52
13	Tonbridge !Tonbridge	40	14	8	18	51	56	−5	50
14	Poole Town !Poole Town	40	13	10	17	69	70	−1	49
15	Baldock Town !Baldock Town	40	12	12	16	44	53	−9	48
16	Hounslow !Hounslow	40	11	8	21	41	76	−35	41
17	Folkestone !Folkestone	40	9	11	20	47	76	−29	38
18	Corinthian !Corinthian	40	9	10	21	49	67	−18	37
19	Ruislip !Ruislip	40	5	13	22	33	80	−47	28
20	Canterbury City !Canterbury City	40	7	6	27	33	87	−54	27
21	Chatham Town !Chatham Town (R)	40	7	5	28	39	88	−49	26	Relegation to Kent Football League

References

RSSF – Southern Football League archive

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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1987–88 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
UEFA Euro 1988 (qualification - Group 4)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon

Second Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Crystal Palace Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Manchester City Middlesbrough Millwall Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Reading Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Stoke City West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackpool Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Chester City Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Port Vale Preston North End Notts County Rotherham United Southend United Sunderland Walsall Wigan Athletic York City

Fourth Division	Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Cambridge United Carlisle United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Newport County Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham

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