2023-24_Southern_Football_League

Southern Football League
Division One Central
Season	2022–23
Champions	Biggleswade Town
Promoted	Biggleswade Town
Relegated	Kempston Rovers
	← 2022–23

Southern Football League
Premier Division South
Season	2023–24
Champions	Chesham United
Promoted	Chesham United; Salisbury
Relegated	Beaconsfield Town; Hayes & Yeading United; Harrow Borough; Didcot Town
	← 2022–23

Southern Football League
Premier Division Central
Season	2023–24
Champions	Needham Market
Promoted	Needham Market, Leamington
Relegated	Hitchin Town; Long Eaton United; Berkhamsted; Nuneaton Borough (resigned)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Southern Football League

Football league season

The 2023–24 Southern Football League season was the 121st in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. The league has two Premier divisions (Central and South) at Step 3 of the National League System (NLS) and two Division One divisions (Central and South) at Step 4. These correspond to levels 7 and 8 of the English football league system.

The allocations for Step 4 this season were announced by The Football Association (FA) on 15 May 2023.^[1]

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[table_note_res_PPO0.10907064429907-2] Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the National League.

[table_hth_MIC0.10907064429907-4] Mickleover were deducted twelve points for fielding an ineligible player.^[2]

[table_note_res_PPO0.82944532662139-7] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League.

[table_note_res_PPO0.49707788345268-8] Four teams play for one spot and possible promotion to Step 3.

[table_note_res_REP0.49707788345268-10] Nuneaton Borough resigned from the Southern League. Because of this, Thame United were reprieved from relegation.

[table_note_res_PPO0.84495168172054-11] Four teams play for one spot and possible promotion to Step 3.

[table_note_res_RES0.84495168172054-13] Hamworthy United resigned from the league on 6 October 2023 and their playing record of P7 W1 D2 L4 GF10 GA16 Pts5 was expunged.^[6]

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"National League System Allocations for the Southern Football League". Pitching In partners with Southern Football League. 17 May 2023.

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"MICKLEOVER FC | POINTS DEDUCTION". Southern Football League. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

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https://southern-football-league.co.uk/News/135930/Premier-Division-Central-Reprieve

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"The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

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Halliwell, Mark (17 May 2024). "UPDATED: Cirencester Town announce shock resignation from the Southern League and join Hellenic League - new league allocations announced by the FA". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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"Hamworthy United | Announcement". Southern Football League. 6 October 2023.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Needham Market (C, P)	40	26	7	7	74	34	+40	85	Promotion to the National League North
2	AFC Telford United	40	24	10	6	69	34	+35	82	Qualification for the play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Leamington (O, P)	40	19	14	7	61	32	+29	71
4	Redditch United	40	21	7	12	65	52	+13	70
5	Mickleover	40	25	6	9	77	43	+34	69^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Stratford Town	40	21	6	13	69	57	+12	69
7	Stamford	40	19	9	12	80	58	+22	66
8	Halesowen Town	40	18	8	14	54	50	+4	62
9	St Ives Town	40	18	4	18	87	72	+15	58
10	Royston Town	40	17	6	17	63	61	+2	57
11	Coalville Town	40	15	10	15	68	57	+11	55	Resigned from the league
12	Stourbridge	40	14	10	16	52	50	+2	52
13	Leiston	40	14	10	16	56	71	−15	52
14	Barwell	40	13	12	15	64	65	−1	51
15	Kettering Town	40	13	9	18	49	74	−25	48
16	Alvechurch	40	12	9	19	49	70	−21	45
17	Bromsgrove Sporting	40	12	8	20	44	51	−7	44
18	AFC Sudbury	40	10	10	20	53	62	−9	40
19	Hitchin Town	40	11	6	23	46	64	−18	39	Reprieve from relegation ^[3]
20	Long Eaton United (R)	40	5	7	28	39	109	−70	22	Relegation to the Northern Premier League
21	Berkhamsted (R)	40	3	12	25	31	84	−53	21	Relegation to Division One Central
22	Nuneaton Borough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league

Semi-finals			Final

2	AFC Telford United	2

5	Mickleover	0
			2	AFC Telford United	0

			3	Leamington	1
3	Leamington	1

4	Redditch United	0

1 May 2024	AFC Telford United	2–0	Mickleover	Wellington
19:45 BST	Gibson 40' Walker 83'	Report		Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 3,004 Referee: Said Ouchene

1 May 2024	Leamington	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Redditch United	Leamington
19:45 BST	Edwards 106'	Report		Stadium: New Windmill Ground Attendance: 1,155 Referee: Luke Scott

6 May 2024	AFC Telford United	0–1	Leamington	Wellington
15:00 BST		Report	Williams 73'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Richard Holmes

2023-24_Southern_Football_League

2023–24 Southern Football League

Premier Division Central

Team changes

Premier Division Central table

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Top goalscorers

Premier Division South

Team changes

Premier Division South table

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Division One Central

Team changes

Division One Central table

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Division One South

Team changes

Division One South table

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

See also

References

External links

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Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Sudbury	Sudbury	King's Marsh	2,500
AFC Telford United	Telford	New Bucks Head	6,300
Alvechurch	Alvechurch	Lye Meadow	3,000
Barwell	Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Berkhamsted	Berkhamsted	Broadwater	2,500
Bromsgrove Sporting	Bromsgrove	Victoria Ground	4,893
Coalville Town	Coalville	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Halesowen Town	Halesowen	The Grove	3,150
Hitchin Town	Hitchin	Top Field	4,554
Kettering Town	Kettering	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
Leamington	Leamington	New Windmill Ground	3,050
Leiston	Leiston	Victory Road	2,250
Long Eaton United	Long Eaton	Grange Park	3,000
Mickleover	Derby (Mickleover)	Station Road	1,500
Needham Market	Needham Market	Bloomfields	4,000
Nuneaton Borough	Nuneaton	Liberty Way	4,614
Redditch United	Redditch	The Valley	5,000
Royston Town	Royston	Garden Walk	5,000
Stamford	Stamford	Borderville Sports Centre	2,000
St Ives Town	St Ives	Westwood Road	2,000
Stourbridge	Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,626
Stratford Town	Stratford-upon-Avon	Knights Lane	2,000

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jonathan Edwards	St. Ives Town	27
2	Callum Ebanks	Stratford Town	27
3	Oliver Greaves	Mickleover	18
4	Callum Stewart	Leamington	17
4	Miracle Okafor	Halesowen Town	17
6	Timothy Berridge	Coalville Town	16
7	Alex Cameron	Redditch United	15
	Jamar Loza	Leiston
	Brady Hickey	Barwell
	Jamie McGrath	Needham Market
11	Reece Flanagan	Redditch United	14
12	Beck-Ray Enoru	Barwell	13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Chesham United (C, P)	42	28	6	8	83	46	+37	90	Promotion to the National League South
2	AFC Totton	42	23	12	7	89	45	+44	81	Qualification for the play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Salisbury (O, P)	42	23	10	9	70	46	+24	79
4	Gosport Borough	42	23	9	10	75	43	+32	78
5	Bracknell Town	42	21	5	16	84	71	+13	68
6	Merthyr Town	42	20	7	15	85	59	+26	67
7	Walton & Hersham	42	18	11	13	78	67	+11	65
8	Hungerford Town	42	18	10	14	77	70	+7	64
9	Dorchester Town	42	17	9	16	66	77	−11	60
10	Hendon	42	14	16	12	70	65	+5	58
11	Winchester City	42	15	12	15	63	67	−4	57
12	Basingstoke Town	42	15	8	19	69	83	−14	53
13	Poole Town	42	16	4	22	70	76	−6	52
14	Tiverton Town	42	14	10	18	64	74	−10	52
15	Sholing	42	13	10	19	52	63	−11	49
16	Swindon Supermarine	42	13	10	19	73	92	−19	49
17	Hanwell Town	42	12	12	18	64	71	−7	48
18	Plymouth Parkway	42	12	12	18	60	68	−8	48
19	Beaconsfield Town (R)	42	13	9	20	63	78	−15	48	Relegation to Division One Central
20	Hayes & Yeading United (R)	42	11	13	18	59	67	−8	46	Relegation to the Isthmian League
21	Harrow Borough (R)	42	10	9	23	60	97	−37	39	Relegation to the Isthmian League
22	Didcot Town (R)	42	6	10	26	45	94	−49	28	Relegation to Division One South

Semi-finals			Final

2	AFC Totton	2

5	Bracknell Town	1
			2	AFC Totton	2 (3)

			3	Salisbury	2 (4)
3	Salisbury	2

4	Gosport Borough	1

1 May	AFC Totton	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bracknell Town	Totton
19:45	Lee 65' Taylor 108'	Report	Jackson 87'	Stadium: Testwood Stadium Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Will Briers

1 May	Salisbury	2–1	Gosport Borough	Salisbury
19:45	Hedges 87' Coppin 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Wassmer 70'	Stadium: Raymond McEnhill Stadium Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Steven Swan

6 May	AFC Totton	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Salisbury	Totton
15:00	Lee 78' Taylor 116'	Report	Coppin 86' (pen.) Hedges 104'	Stadium: Testwood Stadium Attendance: 2,061 Referee: Callum Jones

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Totton	Totton	Testwood Stadium	3,000
Basingstoke Town	Basingstoke	Winklebury Football Complex (Basingstoke)	2,000
Beaconsfield Town	Beaconsfield	Holloways Park	3,500
Bracknell Town	Sandhurst	SB Stadium	1,950
Chesham United	Chesham	The Meadow	5,000
Didcot Town	Didcot	Loop Meadow	3,000
Dorchester Town	Dorchester	The Avenue Stadium	5,000
Gosport Borough	Gosport	Privett Park	4,500
Hanwell Town	Perivale	Powerday Stadium	3,000
Harrow Borough	Harrow	Earlsmead Stadium	3,000
Hayes & Yeading United	Hayes, Hillingdon	SkyEx Community Stadium	3,000
Hendon	Hendon	Silver Jubilee Park	2,000
Hungerford Town	Hungerford	Bulpit Lane	2,500
Merthyr Town	Merthyr Tydfil	Penydarren Park	4,000
Plymouth Parkway	Plymouth	Bolitho Park	3,500
Poole Town	Poole	The BlackGold Stadium	2,500
Salisbury	Salisbury	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	5,000
Sholing	Sholing	Universal Stadium	1,000
Swindon Supermarine	South Marston	Hunts Copse Ground	3,000
Tiverton Town	Tiverton	Ladysmead	3,500
Walton & Hersham	Walton-on-Thames	Elmbridge Sports Hub	2,500
Winchester City	Winchester	The City Ground	4,500

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Biggleswade Town (C, P)	36	22	6	8	77	39	+38	72	Promotion to the Premier Division Central
2	Bedford Town (O, P)	36	20	9	7	78	37	+41	69	Qualification for the play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	AFC Dunstable	36	20	4	12	77	66	+11	64	Qualification for the play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Waltham Abbey	36	18	7	11	70	55	+15	61	Qualification for the play-offs, then transfer to the Isthmian League
5	Ware	36	18	5	13	69	61	+8	59	Qualification for the play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Cirencester Town (R)	36	16	9	11	66	44	+22	57	Resigned and demoted to the Hellenic League^[5]
7	Stotfold	36	16	7	13	67	56	+11	55
8	Hadley	36	17	4	15	64	60	+4	55
9	Welwyn Garden City	36	17	3	16	79	79	0	54
10	Biggleswade	36	14	6	16	62	58	+4	48
11	Kings Langley	36	13	9	14	71	74	−3	48
12	Barton Rovers	36	11	11	14	58	65	−7	44
13	Kidlington	36	12	8	16	49	60	−11	44
14	Hertford Town	36	13	5	18	55	73	−18	44
15	Aylesbury United	36	12	7	17	61	74	−13	43
16	North Leigh	36	14	1	21	52	80	−28	43
17	Leighton Town	36	12	6	18	51	62	−11	42
18	Thame United	36	11	4	21	51	70	−19	37	Reprieve from relegation^{[lower-alpha 2]}
19	Kempston Rovers (R)	36	8	5	23	36	80	−44	29	Relegation to the Spartan South Midlands League

Semi-finals			Final

2	Bedford Town	2

5	Ware	1
			2	Bedford Town	2

			4	Waltham Abbey	1
3	AFC Dunstable	3 (7)

4	Waltham Abbey	3 (8)

1 May	Bedford Town	2–1	Ware	Cardington
19:45	Green 1' Collard 36' Blake 42' Lobjoit 45+4' Martin 86'	Report	Bishop 90+6'	Stadium: The New Eyrie Attendance: 1,053

1 May	AFC Dunstable	3–3 (a.e.t.) (7-8 p)	Waltham Abbey	Dunstable
19:45	Matshazi 49', 62' Idiakhoa 56' Greco 115' (pen.)	Report	Akubuine 45+5' 120+2' Eyoma 45+6' 90+10' Baker 53' Hallett 54' Koranteng 54' Rydings 60' Ogunnowo 112'	Stadium: Creasey Park Attendance: 525
	Penalties

Semi-finals			Final

2	Frome Town	3

5	Mousehole	0
			2	Frome Town	3

			4	Bristol Manor Farm	1
3	Cribbs	1

4	Bristol Manor Farm	2

1 May 2024	Frome Town	3–0	Mousehole	Frome
19:45 BST	Simpson 4' Ollis 18', 45'	Report		Stadium: Badgers Hill Attendance: 1,099 Referee: Robert Harrison

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Dunstable	Dunstable	Creasey Park	3,200
Aylesbury United	Chesham	The Meadow (groundshare with Chesham United)	5,000
Barton Rovers	Barton-le-Clay	Sharpenhoe Road	4,000
Bedford Town	Bedford	The Eyrie	3,000
Biggleswade	Biggleswade	The Eyrie (groundshare with Bedford Town)	3,000
Biggleswade Town	Biggleswade	Langford Road	3,000
Cirencester Town	Cirencester	Corinium Stadium	4,500
Hadley	London (Arkley)	Brickfield Lane	2,000
Hertford Town	Hertford	Hertingfordbury Park	6,500
Kempston Rovers	Kempston	Hillgrounds Leisure	2,000
Kidlington	Kidlington	Yarnton Road	1,500
Kings Langley	Kings Langley	Sadiku Stadium	1,963
Leighton Town	Leighton Buzzard	Bell Close	2,800
North Leigh	North Leigh	Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground	2,000
Stotfold	Stotfold	The JSJ Stadium	1,500
Thame United	Thame	Meadow View Park	2,000
Waltham Abbey	Waltham Abbey	Capershotts	3,500
Ware	Ware	Wodson Park	3,300
Welwyn Garden City	Welwyn Garden City	Herns Way	1,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wimborne Town (C, P)	36	24	7	5	76	42	+34	79	Promotion to the Premier Division South
2	Frome Town (O, P)	36	22	9	5	74	42	+32	75	Qualification for the play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Cribbs	36	18	12	6	56	46	+10	66
4	Bristol Manor Farm	36	17	8	11	67	50	+17	59
5	Mousehole	36	17	7	12	82	58	+24	58
6	Larkhall Athletic	36	16	10	10	67	53	+14	58
7	Evesham United	36	13	12	11	56	47	+9	51
8	Yate Town	36	13	11	12	56	46	+10	50
9	Bishop's Cleeve	36	13	9	14	68	63	+5	48
10	Malvern Town	36	13	8	15	59	61	−2	47
11	Tavistock	36	13	7	16	62	71	−9	46
12	Bideford	36	13	7	16	46	58	−12	46
13	Bemerton Heath Harlequins	36	12	7	17	52	71	−19	43
14	Willand Rovers	36	11	9	16	50	60	−10	42
15	Bashley	36	11	9	16	45	59	−14	42
16	Melksham Town	36	10	10	16	52	65	−13	40
17	Westbury United	36	8	10	18	45	62	−17	34
18	Exmouth Town	36	9	6	21	49	67	−18	33
19	Paulton Rovers (R)	36	6	8	22	37	78	−41	26	Relegation to the Western League
20	Hamworthy United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league^{[lower-alpha 2]}

1 May 2024	Cribbs	1–2	Bristol Manor Farm	Cribbs Causeway
19:45 BST	Hodgson 61'	Report	Brain 3' Lucas 69'	Stadium: The Lawns Attendance: 837 Referee: Dale Wootton

6 May	Frome Town	3–1	Bristol Manor Farm	Frome
15:00	Teale 20' Simpson 67', 75'	Report	Bament 11'	Stadium: Badgers Hill Attendance: 2,235 Referee: Adam Merchant

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bashley	Bashley	Bashley Road	4,250
Bemerton Heath Harlequins	Bemerton	Moon Park	2,100
Bideford	Bideford	The Sports Ground	2,000
Bishop's Cleeve	Bishop's Cleeve	Kayte Lane	1,500
Bristol Manor Farm	Bristol (Sea Mills)	The Creek	2,000
Cribbs	Cribbs Causeway	The Lawns	1,000
Evesham United	Evesham	Jubilee Stadium	3,000
Exmouth Town	Exmouth	Southern Road	n/a
Frome Town	Frome	Badgers Hill	2,000
Hamworthy United	Hamworthy	The Country Ground	2,000
Larkhall Athletic	Bath (Larkhall)	The Plain Ham Ground	1,000
Malvern Town	Malvern	Langland Stadium	2,500
Melksham Town	Melksham	Oakfield Stadium	2,500
Mousehole	Mousehole	Trungle Parc	n/a
Paulton Rovers	Paulton	Athletic Field	2,500
Tavistock	Tavistock	Langsford Park	2,000
Westbury United	Westbury	Meadow Lane	n/a
Willand Rovers	Willand	The Stan Robinson Stadium	1,000
Wimborne Town	Wimborne Minster	The Cuthbury	3,000
Yate Town	Yate	Lodge Road	2,000