2009–10 Southern Football League
The 2009–10 season was the 107th in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales.
At the end of the previous season Division One Midlands was renamed Division One Central.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
- Two clubs promoted from Division One Midlands:
- Leamington
- Nuneaton Town
- Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West:
- Plus:
- Hednesford Town, transferred from Northern Premier League
Farnborough won the Premier Division and were promoted to the
Clevedon Town and Rugby Town were the only clubs relegated this season, while Merthyr Tydfil were expelled from the league after failing to meet a FA deadline to give assurances that they could trade effectively during 2010–11, liquidated and reborn under the name Merthyr Town three divisions below Southern League Premier Division. Tiverton Town and Hemel Hempstead Town were reprieved from relegation due to clubs higher up the pyramid folded and demoted.
League table
Season | 2009–10 |
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Champions | Nuneaton Town |
Relegated | Clevedon Town Rugby Town |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,439 (3.11 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Stefan Moore (Halesowen Town) - 35 |
Biggest home win | Hednesford Town 6 – 0 Rugby Town, 5 April 2010 Nuneaton Town 1 – 1 Farnborough, 10 April 2010) |
Lowest attendance | 80 (Clevedon Town 1 – 2 Oxford City, 20 April 2010) |
Average attendance | 348 |
← 2008–09 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Farnborough | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 100 | 44 | +56 | 93 | Promoted to the Conference South |
2 | Nuneaton Town
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42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 90 | 37 | +53 | 88 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference North |
3 | Chippenham Town | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 74 | Qualified for the play-offs |
4 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 79 | 51 | +28 | 73 | |
5 | Brackley Town | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 83 | 61 | +22 | 72 | |
6 | Cambridge City | 42 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 71 | |
7 | Bashley | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 79 | 61 | +18 | 71 | |
8 | Halesowen Town | 42 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 84 | 53 | +31 | 70[a] | |
9 | Stourbridge | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 80 | 65 | +15 | 70 | |
10 | Leamington | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 84 | 75 | +9 | 65 | |
11 | Truro City | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 78 | 65 | +13 | 62 | |
12 | Banbury United | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 55 | |
13 | Oxford City | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 54 | |
14 | Swindon Supermarine | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 48 | 76 | −28 | 44 | |
15 | Didcot Town | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 41 | |
16 | Evesham United | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 41 | |
17 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 37[a] | Expelled after the end of the season, and folded |
18 | Bedford Town | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 50 | 88 | −38 | 37 | |
19 | Tiverton Town | 42 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 36 | Reprieved from relegation |
20 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 50 | 81 | −31 | 34 | |
21 | Clevedon Town | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 48 | 92 | −44 | 29 | Relegated to Division One South & West |
22 | Rugby Town | 42 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 41 | 114 | −73 | 20 | Relegated to Division One Central |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Play-offs
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
2 | Nuneaton Town
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5 | Brackley Town | 0 | |||||||
2 | Nuneaton Town
| 2 | |||||||
3 | Chippenham Town | 1 | |||||||
3 | Chippenham Town | 2 | |||||||
4 | Hednesford Town | 0 |
Results
Stadia and locations
Locations of the Premier Division clubsClub | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|
Banbury United | Spencer Stadium | 2,000 |
Bashley | Bashley Road | 2,000 |
Bedford Town | The Eyrie | 3,000 |
Brackley Town | St. James Park | 3,500 |
Cambridge City | City Ground |
2,300 |
Chippenham Town | Hardenhuish Park | 2,815 |
Clevedon Town | Hand Stadium | 3,500 |
Didcot Town | Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium | 3,000 |
Evesham United | St George's Lane (groundshare with Worcester City) | 3,000 |
Farnborough | Cherrywood Road | 7,000 |
Halesowen Town | The Grove | 5,000 |
Hednesford Town | Keys Park | 6,039 |
Hemel Hempstead Town | Vauxhall Road | 3,152 |
Leamington | New Windmill Ground | 3,000 |
Merthyr Tydfil | Penydarren Park | 4,500 |
Nuneaton Borough | Liberty Way | 4,614 |
Oxford City | Court Place Farm | 2,000 |
Rugby Town | Butlin Road | 6,000 |
Stourbridge | War Memorial Athletic Ground | 2,626 |
Swindon Supermarine | Hunts Copse Ground | 3,000 |
Tiverton Town | Ladysmead | 3,500 |
Truro City | Treyew Road | 3,200 |
Division One Central
The division was renamed at the end of the previous season and consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season Midland division and five new clubs:
- Three clubs transferred from Division One South & West:
- Beaconsfield SYCOB
- Burnham
- Slough Town
- Plus:
- Biggleswade Town, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League
- Hitchin Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Bury Town won the division in their second season in the Southern League and returned to the Isthmian League to take a place in Premier Division, while play-off winners Chesham United went back to Southern League Premier Division after three seasons of absence. Aylesbury United finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the lower leagues along with Rothwell United who resigned from the league at the end of the season. Thus, Barton Rovers finished second bottom were reprieved from relegation.
League table
Season | 2009–10 |
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Champions | Bury Town |
Promoted | Bury Town Chesham United |
Relegated | Aylesbury United |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,462 (3.16 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Arlick (Hitchin Town) - 29 |
Biggest home win | Sutton Coldfield Town 6 – 0 Soham Town Rangers, 5 December 2009 Bury Town 8 – 2 Barton Rovers, 8 December 2009 Beaconsfield SYCOB , 13 February 2009Bury Town 6 – 0 Bedworth United, 13 February 2009 |
Biggest away win | Rothwell Town 0 – 7 Biggleswade Town, 13 April 2010 |
Highest scoring | Leighton Town 6 – 4 AFC Sudbury, 26 September 2009 Bury Town 8 – 2 Barton Rovers, 8 December 2009 |
Highest attendance | 1550 (Bury Town 3 – 0 Marlow, 24 April 2010) |
Lowest attendance | 40 (Woodford United 1 – 3 Burnham, 2 March 2010) |
Average attendance | 167 |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bury Town | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 115 | 40 | +75 | 102 | Promoted to IL Premier Division |
2 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 91 | 36 | +55 | 100 | Qualified for play-offs |
3 | Burnham | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 87 | |
4 | Chesham United | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 76 | 41 | +35 | 80 | Qualified for play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
5 | Slough Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 87 | 54 | +33 | 77 | Qualified for play-offs |
6 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 93 | 61 | +32 | 77 | Transferred to NPL Division One South |
7 | Woodford United | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 68 | +2 | 62 | |
8 | Romulus | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 61 | Transferred to NPL Division One South |
9 | Arlesey Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 61 | |
10 | Leighton Town | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 60 | |
11 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 73 | 80 | −7 | 58 | |
12 | Biggleswade Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 55 | |
13 | Atherstone Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 65 | 82 | −17 | 54 | |
14 | AFC Sudbury | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 51 | Transferred to IL Division One North |
15 | Marlow | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 50 | |
16 | Bedworth United | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 59 | 72 | −13 | 47 | |
17 | Stourport Swifts | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 43 | Transferred to Division One South & West |
18 | Rothwell Town | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 41 | Resigned to the United Counties League |
19 | Beaconsfield SYCOB | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 46 | 96 | −50 | 32 | |
20 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 29[a] | Transferred to Division One South & West |
21 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 49 | 95 | −46 | 27 | Reprieved from relegation |
22 | Aylesbury United | 42 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 48 | 133 | −85 | 18 | Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Bromsgrove Rovers deducted 10 points for entering administration
Play-offs
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
2 | Hitchin Town | 1 | |||||||
5 | Slough Town | 2 | |||||||
4 | Chesham United | 4 | |||||||
5 | Slough Town | 0 | |||||||
3 | Burnham | 0 | |||||||
4 | Chesham United | 1 |