2001–02 Southern Football League

The 2001–02 Southern Football League season saw Kettering Town win the Premier Division to earn promotion to the Football Conference.[1] Newport IOW, King's Lynn, Merthyr Tydfil and Salisbury City were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst Hastings Town, Halesowen Town, Grantham Town and Chippenham Town were promoted from the Eastern and Western Divisions, the former two as champions. Wisbech Town were relegated to the eighth level and Bilston Town resigned and dropped to the eleventh level, whilst Bloxwich United of the Western Division folded during the season and their record was expunged.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season 2001–02
Champions Kettering Town
Promoted Kettering Town
Relegated Newport IOW
King's Lynn
Merthyr Tydfil
Salisbury City
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1341 (2.9 per match)

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Kettering Town (C) (P) 42 27 6 9 80 41+39 87 Promotion to Football Conference
2 Tamworth 42 24 13 5 81 41+40 85
3 Havant & Waterlooville 42 22 9 11 74 50+24 75
4 Crawley Town 42 22 9 11 67 47+20 75
5 Newport County 42 19 9 14 61 48+13 66
6 Tiverton Town 42 17 10 15 70 63+7 61
7 Moor Green 42 18 7 17 64 62+2 61
8 Worcester City 42 16 12 14 65 54+11 60
9 Stafford Rangers 42 17 9 16 70 62+8 60
10 Ilkeston Town 42 14 16 12 58 613 58
11 Weymouth 42 15 11 16 59 678 56
12 Hinckley United 42 14 13 15 64 62+2 55
13 Folkestone Invicta 42 14 12 16 51 6110 54
14 Cambridge City 42 12 16 14 60 7010 52
15 Welling United 42 13 12 17 69 66+3 51
16 Hednesford Town 42 15 6 21 59 7011 51
17 Bath City 42 13 11 18 56 659 50
18 Chelmsford City 42 13 11 18 63 7512 50
19 Newport IOW (R) 42 12 12 18 38 6123 48 Relegation to Division One East/West
20 King's Lynn (R) 42 11 12 19 43 5714 45
21 Merthyr Tydfil (R) 42 12 8 22 53 7118 44
22 Salisbury City (R) 42 6 8 28 36 8751 26

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2001.
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.

Division One East

Southern Football League
Division One East
Season 2001–02
Champions Hastings Town
Promoted Hastings Town
Grantham Town
Relegated Wisbech Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1442 (3.12 per match)

Division One East featured four new teams:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hastings Town (C) (P) 42 29 8 5 85 38+47 95 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Grantham Town (P) 42 29 6 7 99 43+56 93
3 Dorchester Town 42 26 10 6 81 36+45 88
4 Histon 42 23 8 11 83 49+34 77
5 Stamford 42 24 4 14 76 61+15 76
6 Fisher Athletic 42 20 10 12 83 56+27 70
7 Eastbourne Borough 42 21 6 15 63 46+17 69
8 Dartford 42 18 5 19 62 664 59
9 Erith & Belvedere 42 18 3 21 75 794 57
10 Bashley 42 15 11 16 71 63+8 56
11 Burnham 42 15 10 17 52 542 55
12 Rugby United 42 16 6 20 55 6712 54 Transferred to Division One West
13 Rothwell Town 42 14 8 20 45 6621 50
14 Ashford Town 42 14 6 22 58 7820 48
15 Banbury United 42 13 9 20 53 6613 047*
16 Chatham Town 42 13 8 21 56 8731 47
17 Sittingbourne 42 14 4 24 46 6923 46
18 Spalding United 42 13 6 23 72 8412 45
19 Tonbridge Angels 42 13 6 23 65 8015 45
20 St. Leonards 42 14 3 25 52 8836 45
21 Corby Town 42 10 13 19 54 8228 43
22 Wisbech Town (R) 42 11 8 23 56 8428 41 Relegation to Eastern Counties Football League

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2001.
Source:
*Banbury United deducted one point
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.

Division One West

Southern Football League
Division One West
Season 2001–02
Champions Halesowen Town
Promoted Halesowen Town
Chippenham Town
Relegated None
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1237 (2.95 per match)

Division One West featured five new teams:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Halesowen Town (C) (P) 40 27 9 4 85 24+61 90 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Chippenham Town (P) 40 26 9 5 81 28+53 87
3 Weston-super-Mare 40 22 10 8 70 38+32 76
4 Solihull Borough 40 20 11 9 75 42+33 71
5 Gresley Rovers 40 19 9 12 59 50+9 66
6 Sutton Coldfield Town 40 17 11 12 53 46+7 62
7 Mangotsfield United 40 17 10 13 74 54+20 61
8 Stourport Swifts 40 18 6 16 59 590 60
9 Atherstone United 40 16 8 16 61 59+2 56
10 Clevedon Town 40 15 11 14 57 581 56
11 Bedworth United 40 16 7 17 59 634 55
12 Evesham United 40 16 7 17 54 7016 55
13 Cirencester Town 40 17 3 20 64 695 54
14 Gloucester City 40 14 10 16 48 6315 52
15 Cinderford Town 40 14 9 17 54 6713 51
16 Shepshed Dynamo 40 10 10 20 64 8420 40
17 Bilston Town 40 11 7 22 50 7222 40 Resigned to West Midlands (Regional) League Division One
18 Redditch United 40 11 6 23 47 7730 39
19 Swindon Supermarine 40 11 4 25 52 7624 37
20 Racing Club Warwick 40 8 11 21 38 6325 35
21 Rocester 40 5 12 23 33 7542 27
22 Bloxwich United 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 Club folded

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2002.
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.

References

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