1957–58 Southern Football League
The 1957–58 Southern Football League season was the 55th in the history of the league, an English football competition.
After
the Football League
at the end of the season, but none were successful.
The following season the league split into two divisions, a North-West Division and a South-East Division, with thirteen new clubs elected to make up the numbers.
League table
Season | 1957–58 |
---|---|
Champions | Gravesend & Northfleet |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,769 (3.83 per match) |
← 1956–57 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 109 | 71 | 1.535 | 59 | Placed in South-East Division |
2 | Bedford Town | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 112 | 64 | 1.750 | 57 | |
3 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 93 | 57 | 1.632 | 57 | |
4 | Weymouth | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 90 | 61 | 1.475 | 55 | |
5 | Worcester City | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 95 | 59 | 1.610 | 53 | Placed in North-West Division |
6 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 115 | 66 | 1.742 | 52 | |
7 | Hereford United | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 79 | 56 | 1.411 | 48 | |
8 | Kettering Town | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 99 | 76 | 1.303 | 45 | |
9 | Headington United | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 90 | 83 | 1.084 | 43 | |
10 | Poole Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 81 | 1.012 | 43 | Placed in South-East Division |
11 | Hastings United | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 78 | 77 | 1.013 | 41 | |
12 | Gloucester City
|
42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 70 | 70 | 1.000 | 41 | Placed in North-West Division |
13 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 84 | 0.833 | 41 | Placed in South-East Division |
14 | Dartford | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 66 | 92 | 0.717 | 37 | |
15 | Lovells Athletic
|
42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 60 | 83 | 0.723 | 36 | Placed in North-West Division |
16 | Bath City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 65 | 64 | 1.016 | 35 | |
17 | Guildford City | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 58 | 92 | 0.630 | 34 | Placed in South-East Division |
18 | Tonbridge | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 77 | 100 | 0.770 | 33 | |
19 | Exeter City II | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 60 | 94 | 0.638 | 32 | |
20 | Barry Town
|
42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 101 | 0.713 | 31 | Placed in North-West Division |
21 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 60 | 101 | 0.594 | 30 | |
22 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 69 | 137 | 0.504 | 21 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Football League elections
Six Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.[1]
Club | League | Votes |
---|---|---|
Millwall | Football League |
46 |
Exeter City | Football League |
43 |
Southport | Football League |
41 |
Crewe Alexandra | Football League |
35 |
Peterborough United | Midland League | 15 |
Wigan Athletic | Lancashire Combination | 4 |
Hereford United | Southern League | 3 |
Bedford Town | Southern League | 2 |
Headington United | Southern League | 2 |
King's Lynn | Midland League | 2 |
Kettering Town | Southern League | 1 |
Burton Albion | Birmingham & District League | 0 |
Gloucester City |
Southern League | 0 |
Morecambe | Lancashire Combination | 0 |
South Shields |
North Eastern League | 0 |
Yeovil Town | Southern League | 0 |