2015–16 Southern Football League

The 2015–16 season was the 113th 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. From the 2014–15 season onwards, the Southern League is known as Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.

The league constitution was announced on 15 May 2015.[1]

After the constitution was announced, Clevedon Town of Division One South & West were demoted because their floodlights were not to the required standard.[2] As a result, Ware were transferred to Division One Central from Isthmian League Division One North, Fleet Town and Petersfield Town were transferred from Division One South & West to Division One Central, and Burnham, Marlow and newly promoted Flackwell Heath were transferred in the opposite direction.

Flackwell Heath subsequently decided to refuse their promotion and stay in the Hellenic League.[3] Redhill, who had been relegated from Isthmian League Division One South, were offered Flackwell Heath's place, but they refused due to travelling and financial reasons.[4] Their position was then offered to Wessex League runners-up Winchester City, who accepted.[5]

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:

League table
Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season2015–16
ChampionsPoole Town
PromotedHungerford Town
Poole Town
RelegatedBedworth United
Bideford
Histon
Paulton Rovers
Matches played552
Goals scored1,583 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerAndy Sandell
Biggest home winRedditch United 8 – 1 Bedworth United, 16 January 2016
Biggest away winHiston 0 – 7 Poole Town, 24 November 2015
Highest scoringKettering Town 5 – 4 Histon, 17 October 2015
Highest attendance1808 – Weymouth 2 – 2 Dorchester Town , 26 December 2015
Lowest attendance54 – Cirencester Town 3 – 0 Paulton Rovers, 23 February 2016
Total attendance149,290
Average attendance300
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Poole Town 46 27 12 7 86 35 +51 93 Promoted to the National League South
2 Redditch United 46 24 15 7 82 37 +45 84[lower-alpha 1] Qualified for the play-offs
3 Hitchin Town 46 24 12 10 78 50 +28 84
4 Hungerford Town 46 24 11 11 73 43 +30 83 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the National League South
5 Leamington 46 23 12 11 59 38 +21 81 Qualified for the play-offs
6 Kettering Town 46 24 8 14 83 53 +30 80
7 Weymouth 46 21 14 11 63 39 +24 77
8 Chippenham Town 46 21 13 12 76 53 +23 76
9 King's Lynn Town 46 21 7 18 58 54 +4 70
10 Merthyr Town 46 19 9 18 69 58 +11 66
11 Chesham United 46 18 10 18 72 70 +2 64
12 Dunstable Town 46 17 11 18 68 68 0 62
13 Dorchester Town 46 18 8 20 67 69 −2 62
14 Biggleswade Town 46 17 9 20 76 82 −6 60
15 Cirencester Town 46 18 6 22 67 76 −9 60
16 Frome Town 46 14 16 16 51 73 −22 58
17 Slough Town 46 16 9 21 67 77 −10 57
18 Cambridge City 46 15 7 24 63 80 −17 52
19 Stratford Town 46 13 11 22 59 68 −9 50
20 St Neots Town 46 10 18 18 69 78 −9 48
21 Bedworth United 46 12 8 26 58 107 −49 44 Relegated to Northern Premier League Division One South
22 Histon 46 11 7 28 63 98 −35 40 Relegated to Division One Central
23 Bideford 46 8 13 25 38 88 −50 37 Relegated to Division One South & West
24 Paulton Rovers 46 8 12 26 38 89 −51 36
Source: fchd.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Redditch United were deducted three points for fielding ineligible players.[6]

Top scorers
As of 25 April 2016[7]
Player Club Goals
Andy Sandell Chippenham Town 22
Tom Meechan St Neots Town 21
Charlie Griffin Cirencester Town
Benjamin Whitehead Chippenham Town
Nathaniel Jarvis Hungerford Town 19
Jordan Archer Bedworth Town
Ryan Prosser Merthyr Town 18
Jonny McNamara Hitchin Town 17
Sam Merson Redditch United

Play-offs
Semifinals Final
      
2 Redditch United 1(1)
5 Leamington 1(3)
4 Hungerford Town 2
5 Leamington 1
3 Hitchin Town 2
4 Hungerford Town 3

Semi-finals

27 April 2016 Hitchin Town2–3 Hungerford Town Top Field, Hitchin
B Donelly  56'
Burns  59'		 Rees  64'
Clark  75'
Brown  84'		 Attendance: 1,305
27 April 2016 Redditch United1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1-3 p)		 Leamington The Valley, Redditch
Sammons  35' Baker-Richardson  90+4' Attendance: 1,303

Final

2 May 2016 Hungerford Town 2–1LeamingtonBulpit Lane, Hungerford
Brown  64'
Jones  84'		 Baker-Richardson  20' Attendance: 1,363

Results
Home \ Away BWU BID BIG CAM CHE CHI CIR DOR DUN FRO HIS HIT HUN KET KLT LEA MER PAU POO RED SLO STN STR WEY
Bedworth United 2–2 2–4 4–3 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–6 0–4 3–2
Bideford 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 0–5 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–5 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–5 2–1 4–4 1–1 0–2
Biggleswade Town 4–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–1 3–5 1–4 1–3 2–4 3–2 0–3 4–1 0–1 1–1 5–1 5–2 4–3 1–1
Cambridge City 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 4–2 1–4 2–0 1–0
Chesham United 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 3–4 5–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0
Chippenham Town 5–0 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 4–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–3 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–1
Cirencester Town 2–3 3–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–4 4–3 1–5 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–3 2–5 3–0 0–3
Dorchester Town 3–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–1 6–0 1–5 1–5 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0
Dunstable Town 1–2 5–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–0 3–1 2–1
Frome Town 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 4–3 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1
Histon 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 3–3 0–1 3–1 1–3 5–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–7 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–4
Hitchin Town 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–0
Hungerford Town 5–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–3 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 0–1
Kettering Town 0–1 7–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 4–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 5–4 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1
King's Lynn Town 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Leamington 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0
Merthyr Town 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–4 1–3 1–1 3–0 5–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–3
Paulton Rovers 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–5 3–3 2–5 2–1 1–1
Poole Town 5–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–3 3–0 1–2 2–0
Redditch United 8–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 6–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1
Slough Town 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 7–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 2–4 0–0
St Neots Town 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 0–4 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–1
Stratford Town 2–0 0–0 3–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Weymouth 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 6–1 1–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2016. Source: SFL Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the Premier Division clubs
Club Stadium Capacity
Bedworth UnitedThe Oval Ground3,000
BidefordThe Sports Ground2,000
Biggleswade TownThe Carlsberg Stadium3,000
Cambridge CityWestwood Road (groundshare with St Ives Town)2,000
Chesham UnitedThe Meadow5,000
Chippenham TownHardenhuish Park2,815
Cirencester TownCorinium Stadium4,500
Dorchester TownThe Avenue Stadium5,009
Dunstable TownCreasey Park3,200
Frome TownBadgers Hill2,000
HistonBridge Road4,300
Hitchin TownTop Field4,000
Hungerford TownBulpit Lane2,500
Kettering TownLatimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)2,400
King's Lynn TownThe Walks5,733
LeamingtonNew Windmill Ground3,000
Merthyr TownPenydarren Park10,000
Paulton RoversAthletic Field2,500
Poole TownTatnam Ground2,500
Redditch UnitedThe Valley5,000
Slough TownHolloways Park (groundshare with Beaconsfield SYCOB)3,500
St Neots TownNew Rowley Park3,500
Stratford TownDCS Stadium1,400
WeymouthBob Lucas Stadium6,600

Division One Central

Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season and six new clubs:

League table
Southern Football League
Division One Central
Season2015–16
ChampionsKings Langley
PromotedKings Langley
St Ives Town
RelegatedLeighton Town
North Greenford United
Matches played462
Goals scored1,404 (3.04 per match)
Biggest home winAFC Rushden & Diamonds 8 – 1 North Greenford United, 16 January 2016
Biggest away winBarton Rovers 1 – 8 Fleet Town, 16 February 2016
Highest scoringAFC Rushden & Diamonds 8 – 1 North Greenford United, 16 January 2016
Barton Rovers 1 – 8 Fleet Town, 16 February 2016
Highest attendance545 – AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2 – 0 Bedford Town, 31 August 2015
Lowest attendance51 – Arlesey Town 2 – 5 Beaconsfield Town, 22 August 2015
Total attendance13,069
Average attendance145
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kings Langley 42 27 6 9 83 44 +39 87 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Royston Town 42 25 8 9 99 46 +53 83 Qualified for the play-offs
3 Egham Town 42 26 5 11 80 39 +41 83
4 St Ives Town 42 22 12 8 72 38 +34 78 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 42 23 8 11 81 44 +37 77 Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to Northern Premier League Division One South
6 Chalfont St Peter 42 23 2 17 76 71 +5 71
7 Northwood 42 20 9 13 62 49 +13 69
8 Aylesbury 42 20 8 14 72 52 +20 68
9 Beaconsfield SYCOB 42 19 10 13 77 54 +23 67
10 Godalming Town 42 19 10 13 51 45 +6 67 Transferred to Isthmian League Division One South
11 Ware 42 19 6 17 67 69 −2 63 Transferred to Isthmian League Division One North
12 Potters Bar Town 42 16 10 16 62 64 −2 58
13 Petersfield Town 42 16 7 19 71 80 −9 55
14 Bedford Town 42 12 13 17 57 60 −3 49
15 Uxbridge 42 13 9 20 59 71 −12 48
16 Arlesey Town 42 14 5 23 48 87 −39 47
17 Fleet Town 42 12 9 21 55 78 −23 45
18 Barton Rovers 42 9 15 18 51 75 −24 42
19 Aylesbury United 42 11 7 24 45 81 −36 40
20 Hanwell Town 42 10 9 23 38 64 −26 39
21 Leighton Town 42 9 8 25 47 86 −39 35 Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League
22 North Greenford United 42 6 6 30 51 107 −56 24 Relegated to the Combined Counties League
Source: fchd.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers
As of 25 April 2016[8]
Player Club Goals
Anthony Mendy Chalfont St Peter 31
Mitchell Weiss Kings Langley 29
Kieran Bishop Ware 23
Brendan Matthew Egham Town
Aaron Berry Beaconsfield SYCOB 21

Play-offs
Semifinals Final
      
2 Royston Town 1
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2
4 St Ives Town 2
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1
3 Egham Town 2(2)
4 St Ives Town 2(4)

Semi-finals

26 April 2016 Egham Town2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2-4 p)		 St Ives Town The Runnymede, Egham
Pashaj  8'
Moore  52'		 York  29' (og)
Seymour-Shove  54'		 Attendance: 258
26 April 2016 Royston Town1–2 AFC Rushden & Diamonds Garden Walk, Royston
Scott-Bridges  90+2' Bowen  29'
Dolman  80' (pen)		 Attendance: 655

Final

2 May 2016 St Ives Town 2–1 (a.e.t.)AFC Rushden & DiamondsWestwood Road, St Ives
Watson  88'
Seymour-Shove  97'		 Sandy  81'

Results
Home \ Away RUS ARL AYB AYL BAR BEA BED CHA EGH FLE GOD HAN KIL LEI NGU NOR PET POT ROY STI UXB WAR
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 6–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 5–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 7–1 8–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 3–0
Arlesey Town 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–5 1–1 3–2 0–7 4–1 1–1 1–3 0–3 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–3
Aylesbury 2–4 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 4–4 2–3 0–2 2–1 6–0
Aylesbury United 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–5 0–4 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–6 1–0 0–4 2–4 2–2 0–3
Barton Rovers 1–3 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–8 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 4–1
Beaconsfield Town 4–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 5–0 4–1 5–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Bedford Town 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 4–3 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–2
Chalfont St Peter 2–0 3–0 4–3 3–2 3–0 5–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 3–0 2–3 4–2 3–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–4 1–3 3–2
Egham Town 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–2
Fleet Town 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1
Godalming Town 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1
Hanwell Town 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1
Kings Langley 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 6–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 4–4 1–1 3–1 4–2
Leighton Town 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 4–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–2
North Greenford United 1–3 3–1 2–3 2–4 0–0 0–0 3–1 6–2 1–2 2–4 2–1 0–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–6 1–1 0–2
Northwood 2–2 5–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–2
Petersfield Town 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 7–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 9–1 4–3 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–4 2–0 2–1 2–3
Potters Bar Town 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–3
Royston Town 1–0 4–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 7–1 1–2 2–3 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–1
St Ives Town 2–2 6–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–4 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0
Uxbridge 0–1 4–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–7 4–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 3–4 4–1 3–1 2–4 3–1
Ware 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 6–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–4 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: SFL Division One Central results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations
Locations of Division One Central clubs
Greater London Division One Central Clubs
Club Stadium Capacity
AFC Rushden & DiamondsDog & Duck2,500
Arlesey TownHitchin Road2,920
AylesburyHaywood Way1,300
Aylesbury UnitedThe ASM Stadium (groundshare with Thame United)2,000
Barton RoversSharpenhoe Road4,000
Beaconsfield SYCOBHolloways Park3,500
Bedford TownThe Eyrie3,000
Chalfont St PeterMill Meadow1,500
Egham TownThe Runnymede Stadium5,565
Fleet TownCalthorpe Park2,000
Godalming TownWeycourt3,000
Hanwell TownReynolds Field3,000
Kings LangleyCRY Community Stadium1,963
Leighton TownBell Close2,800
North Greenford UnitedBerkeley Fields2,000
NorthwoodNorthwood Park3,075
Petersfield TownThe Love Lane Stadium3,000
Potters Bar TownParkfield2,000
Royston TownGarden Walk5,000
St Ives TownWestwood Road2,000
UxbridgeHoneycroft3,770
WareWodson Park3,300

Division One South & West

Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season and five new clubs:

Flackwell Heath were initially promoted from the Hellenic League, but refused promotion after being switched from Division One Central to Division One South & West. Their place eventually went to Winchester City.

League table
Southern Football League
Division One South and West
Season2015–16
ChampionsCinderford Town
PromotedCinderford Town
Banbury United
RelegatedBashley
Burnham
Matches played462
Goals scored1,481 (3.21 per match)
Biggest home winTaunton Town 11 – 0 Bashley, 22 March 2016
Biggest away winBashley 1 – 10 Cinderford Town, 28 November 2015
Highest scoringWimborne Town 5 – 6 Winchester City, 11 August 2015
Taunton Town 11 – 0 Bashley, 22 March 2016
Highest attendance510 – Bridgwater Town 1 – 2 Taunton Town, 11 August 2015
Lowest attendance54 – Wantage Town 9 – 0 Bashley, 18 August 2015
Total attendance15,046
Average attendance157
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cinderford Town 42 29 9 4 80 29 +51 96 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Banbury United 42 28 10 4 97 38 +59 94 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3 Taunton Town 42 27 8 7 94 34 +60 89 Qualified for the play-offs
4 Swindon Supermarine 42 27 6 9 81 42 +39 87
5 Winchester City 42 24 11 7 97 49 +48 83
6 Evesham United 42 24 9 9 92 38 +54 81
7 Shortwood United 42 24 6 12 88 59 +29 78
8 Tiverton Town 42 20 13 9 76 44 +32 73
9 North Leigh 42 21 5 16 79 53 +26 68
10 Didcot Town 42 18 10 14 82 57 +25 64
11 Larkhall Athletic 42 15 10 17 62 65 −3 55
12 Bishop's Cleeve 42 14 13 15 55 66 −11 55
13 Marlow 42 15 7 20 68 79 −11 52 Transferred to Division One Central
14 Mangotsfield United 42 12 12 18 59 65 −6 48
15 AFC Totton 42 14 6 22 73 81 −8 48
16 Yate Town 42 12 11 19 48 62 −14 47
17 Wimborne Town 42 12 8 22 65 80 −15 44
18 Slimbridge 42 10 12 20 46 57 −11 42
19 Bridgwater Town 42 9 7 26 42 83 −41 34
20 Wantage Town 42 8 5 29 45 100 −55 29
21 Burnham 42 6 6 30 39 99 −60 24 Relegated to the Hellenic League
22 Bashley 42 0 2 40 13 201 −188 2 Relegated to the Wessex League
Source: fchd.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers
As of 25 April 2016[9]
Player Club Goals
Warren Bentley Winchester City 44
Lewis Powell Taunton Town 35
Adam Mann Evesham United 30
Ethan Moore Cinderford Town 29
Ricky Johnson Banbury United 26

Play-offs
Semifinals Final
      
2 Banbury United 1
5 Winchester City 0
2 Banbury United 2
3 Taunton Town 0
3 Taunton Town 2
4 Swindon Supermarine 1

Semi-finals

26 April 2016 Banbury United 1–0Winchester CitySpencer Stadium, Banbury
Barcelos  86' Attendance: 596
26 April 2016 Taunton Town 2–1Swindon SupermarineThe Viridor, Taunton
Trowbridge  61'
Powell  85'		 Parsons  4' Attendance: 506

Final

2 May 2016 Banbury United 2–0Taunton TownSpencer Stadium, Banbury
MacEachran  24'
Gunn  79'

Results
Home \ Away TOT BAN BAS BIS BRI BUR CIN DID EVE LAR MAN MAR NOR SHT SLI SWI TAU TIV WAN WIM WCC YAT
AFC Totton 0–4 4–0 7–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–5 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–1
Banbury United 3–0 8–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 8–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Bashley 0–4 0–5 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–10 0–3 1–4 1–5 0–0 2–5 0–8 0–1 0–0 0–4 0–5 0–2 1–3 1–4 0–3 1–2
Bishop's Cleeve 0–0 0–2 6–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
Bridgwater Town 0–5 1–4 5–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–4 0–2
Burnham 1–5 0–5 5–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–5 0–4 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–4 0–3
Cinderford Town 3–0 3–3 6–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Didcot Town 1–4 0–1 7–0 5–1 3–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 5–3 2–3 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1
Evesham United 6–0 2–2 7–0 2–0 5–0 4–0 3–0 0–1 5–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1
Larkhall Athletic 2–0 2–2 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–4 1–0
Mangotsfield United 1–1 0–1 5–0 3–2 5–1 0–3 0–2 3–2 1–4 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1
Marlow 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–5 0–3 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–3 0–3 2–0
North Leigh 5–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–4 5–4 1–3 4–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–1
Shortwood United 5–3 0–0 6–0 2–0 3–2 5–3 2–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 4–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–5 1–2 0–1 5–2 4–1 1–1 3–2
Slimbridge 3–0 1–3 6–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–4
Swindon Supermarine 2–0 2–2 5–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Taunton Town 3–2 7–1 11–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–1
Tiverton Town 2–1 0–1 9–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 5–1 2–3 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 4–0
Wantage Town 0–4 0–2 9–0 7–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 0–5 2–3 0–3 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–4 0–0 0–3 0–4
Wimborne Town 2–5 0–2 6–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–3 2–3 0–4 1–4 0–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–0 5–6 2–0
Winchester City 3–1 4–0 4–0 4–1 7–2 6–1 0–0 1–5 2–1 1–1 2–1 6–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–0
Yate Town 4–2 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 2–1 3–3 0–0 1–3 0–3 0–0 5–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: SFL Division One South & West results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations
Locations of Division One South & West clubs
Club Stadium Capacity
AFC TottonTestwood Stadium3,000
Banbury UnitedSpencer Stadium2,000
BashleyBashley Road2,000
Bishops CleeveKayte Lane1,500
Bridgwater TownFairfax Park2,500
BurnhamThe Gore2,500
Cinderford TownCauseway Ground3,500
Didcot TownDraycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium3,000
Evesham UnitedSpiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium3,000
Larkhall AthleticThe Plain Ham Ground1,000
Mangotsfield UnitedCossham Street2,500
MarlowAlfred Davis Memorial Ground3,000
North LeighEynsham Hall Park Sports Ground2,000
Shortwood UnitedMeadowbank Ground2,000
SlimbridgeThornhill Park1,500
Swindon SupermarineHunts Copse Ground3,000
Taunton TownThe Viridor Stadium2,500
Tiverton TownLadysmead3,500
Wantage TownAlfredian Park1,500
Wimborne TownThe Cuthbury3,250
Winchester CityThe City Ground4,500
Yate TownLodge Road2,000

League Cup
2015–16 Southern League Cup
Country England,  Wales
Teams68
ChampionsMerthyr Town
Runners-upCambridge City

The Southern League Cup 2015–16 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2015–16 for sponsorship reasons) is the 78th season of the Southern League Cup , the cup competition of the Southern Football League.

Preliminary Round
9 September 2015 (2015-09-09) Frome Town 1–1
(5–6 p)		 Larkhall Athletic Blindmans Brewery Stadium, Frome
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Jeffries  60' Griffiths  64' Attendance: 102
7 September 2015 (2015-09-07) Hitchin Town 1–0 Aylesbury Top Field, Hitchin
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Lench  46' Attendance: 112
Referee: P Forrester

1st Round
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1–4 Histon Dog & Duck, Wellingborough
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Lawless 83 Pen Ives  1'
Meacher  4'
Oyinsan  73'
Douydas  90'		 Attendance: 179
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) AFC Totton 7–2 Bashley Testwood Stadium, Totton
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Lee  27', 41', 51'
Edwards  47'
Watts  52', 56', 60'		 Lambert  11'
Squibb  30'		 Attendance: 161
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Barton Rovers 1–3 King's Lynn Town Sharpenhoe Road, Barton-le-Clay[
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Davis  66' Friend  16', 86'
Stevenson  90+1'		 Attendance: 60
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Bedworth United 2–1 Evesham United The Oval Ground, Bedworth
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Wint  36', 64' Mann  73' Attendance: 102
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Biggleswade Town 3–2 Royston Town Carlsberg Stadium, Biggleswade
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Hill  34' (pen.)
Bailey  43'
King  69'		 Ingrey  8' (pen.)
Fehmi  87'		 Attendance: 99
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Chippenham Town 4–1 Larkhall Athletic Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Diouf  34'
Ballinger  51' (pen.)
Taylor  82'
McCormack  85'		 Camm  68' Attendance: 182
14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) Cinderford Town 3–3
(4–5 p)		 Merthyr Town Causeway Ground, Cinderford
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Parker  10'
Smith  15'
Turkey  83'		 Wright  5'
Scotcher 62'
Bowen  85'
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Cirencester Town 0–1 Hungerford Town Corinium Stadium, Cirencester
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Berry-Hargreaves  16' Attendance: 88
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Dorchester Town 1–3 Poole Town The Avenue Stadium, Dorchester
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Davis  82' (pen.) Holmes  10'
Stone  32'
Leonard  90+1'		 Attendance: 270
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Dunstable Town 1–3 Cambridge City Creasey Park Stadium, Dunstable
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Osobu  34' Reynolds  39'
Midgeley  88'
Serrano  90+1'		 Attendance: 60
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Godalming Town 6–0 Burnham Weycourt Stadium, Gosalming
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Mazzone  9', 14', 38'
Purdy  29', 57'
W Hutton  41'		 Attendance: 68
26 October 2015 (2015-10-26) Hitchin Town 3–2 Bedford Town Top Field, Hitchin
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Rolfe  23' (pen.)
B Donnelly  60'
Ann  90+1'		 Gittings  6'
Lincoln  40'		 Attendance: 129
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) Kings Langley 0–0
(1–3 p)		 Chalfont St. Peter Gaywood Park, Kings Langley
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Attendance: 24
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Leamington 2–0 Bishop's Cleeve New Windmill Ground, Whitnash
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Ogleby  19'
Hood  71'		 Attendance: 143
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Leighton Town 0–2 Arlesey Town Bell Close, Leighton Buzzard
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Abraham  66'
Tavernier  90'		 Attendance: 90
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Marlow 2–1 Hanwell Town Alfred Davis Memorial Ground, Marlow
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Couch  20'
Downes  88'		 Hind  79' Attendance: 70
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) North Greenford United 1–5 Beaconsfield SYCOB Berkeley Fields, Greenford
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Humaid  65' Berry  46', 57'
Read  67', 70'
Patrick  86'		 Attendance: 50
14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) North Leigh 4–1 Swindon Supermarine Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground, North Leigh
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Osborne-Ricketts  37', 41', 58'
McNish  47'		 Davidge  79' Attendance: 35
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Paulton Rovers 2–1 Banbury United Athletic Field, Winterfield Road, Paulton
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Tooze  58'
Ricketts  83'		 Howards  58'
14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) Petersfield Town 2–4 Winchester City The Love Lane Stadium, Petersfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Neal  10'
Briggs  44'		 Norgate  2' (og.)
Bentley  45'
Bosma  48'
Roberts  78'		 Attendance: 76
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Potters Bar Town 3–0 Fleet Town Parkfield, Potters Bar
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Nelson  67'
Maja  69'
Fowler  87'		 Attendance: 60
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) Redditch United 1–1
(3–4 p)		 Aylesbury United The Valley, Redditch
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Shearer  43' Bewley  61' Attendance: 14
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) Shortwood United 0–1 Bridgwater Town Meadowbank Ground, Nailsworth
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Palmer  38' Attendance: 56
14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) Slimbridge 3–3
(1–4 p)		 Yate Town Wisloe Road, Cambridge
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Mace  23', 33'
Fahy  46'		 Edwards  9'
Ingram  37', 90'		 Attendance: 59
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Slough Town 3–0 Chesham United Holloways Park, Beaconsfield,
19:45 BST (UTC+01) S Harris  24'
Gokmen  39'
Strutton  80'		 Attendance: 113
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) St Neots Town 2–1 St Ives Town Rowley Park, St Neots
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Clarke  85'
Hawkins  90+3'		 Cunniff  18' Attendance: 174
27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Stratford Town 3–3
(5-4 p)		 Kettering Town The DCS Stadium, Stratford upon Avon
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Gregory 19 Fagan 28 Francis 82 Sandy 1 Baker-Richardson 36 Kinniburgh 84 Attendance: 132
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Tiverton Town 0–0
(0–3 p)		 Taunton Town Ladysmead, Tiverton
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Attendance: 270
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Uxbridge 0–1 Egham Town Honeycroft, West Drayton
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Bassett  24' Attendance: 60
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) Wantage Town 4–1 Didcot Town Alfredian Park, Wantage
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Vattell  55'
Whitehead  60'
Roberts  62', 88'		 Noble  40' Attendance: 88
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Ware 2–2
(3–4 p)		 Northwood Wodson Park Ware
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Karagul  34'
Davidson  84'		 Murray  71'
Lomas  89'		 Attendance: 53
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Wimborne Town 1–1
(1–4 p)		 Weymouth The Cuthbury, Wimborne
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Wilson  76' Sills  24' Attendance: 144

2nd Round
2 December 2015 (2015-12-02) Aylesbury United 4–0 Wantage Town The ASM Stadium, Meadow View Park, Aylesbury
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Jones 23 Wood 28 Crook 32 Osborne 61 Attendance: 62
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) AFC Totton 2–5 Winchester City Testwood Stadium, Totton
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Edwards 55 Knight 79 Bentley 9 Baskar 25 47 Fay 81 Roberts 87 Attendance: 155
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Biggleswade Town 1–1
(6–5 p)		 Arlesey Town Carlsberg Stadium,Biggleswade
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Effiong 37 Farrell 30
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Bridgwater Town 1–4 Chippenham Town Fairfax Park, Bridgwater
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Fitzsimmons 82 Campbell 9 Jones 19 Holgate 85 Sandell 90+2 Attendance: 81
1 December 2015 (2015-12-01) Egham Town 1–2 Godalming Town The Runnymede Stadium, Egham
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Debattista 19 Bassett 25 54 Attendance: 54
9 November 2015 (2015-11-09) Hitchin Town 2–2
(4–2 p)		 Stratford Town Top Field, Hitchin
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Kirkpatrick 8 Burns 84 Gregory 22 Sheldon 42 Attendance: 90
9 November 2015 (2015-11-09) Hungerford Town 4–4
(4–1 p)		 North Leigh Bulpit Lane, Hungerford
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Goodger 54 Passey 60 Stow 70 Lynch 78 Osborne-Ricketts 2 Westlake 20 Else 26 Hopkins 34 Attendance: 81
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) King's Lynn Town 2–2
(4–5 p)		 Histon The Walks, King's Lynn
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Edge 28 32 Rumens 63 McGeorge 71 Attendance: 289
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Leamington 3–0 Bedworth United New Windmill Ground, Whitnash
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Willis 10og Ogleby 20 69 Attendance: 161
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Marlow 3–6 Slough Town Alfred Davis Memorial Ground, Marlow
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Mealing 43 Y Romeo 49 Welch 90+2 Hope 50 77 Gokmen 56 S Harris 81 90 Putman 84 Attendance: 148
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Northwood 5–1 Chalfont St. Peter Northwood Park, Chestnut Avenue, Northwood
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Murray 13 Muir 16 51 B Brown 64 Kenndy 90+4 Paine 23 Attendance: 55
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) Paulton Rovers 2–0 Taunton Town Athletic Field, Winterfield Road, Paulton
19:45 BST (UTC+01) O Irish 16og Harris 89 Attendance: 88
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) St Neots Town 2–2
(2–3 p)		 Cambridge City Rowley Park, St Neots
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Hawkins 39 Hall 49 Kelly 41 Dawkin 68
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) Potters Bar Town 4–2 Beaconsfield SYCOB Parkfield, Potters Bar
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Maja 22 59 Togwell 60og Delgado 85 Read 23 Berry 63 Attendance: 35
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Weymouth 2–1 Poole Town Bob Lucas Stadium
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Kelly 12 Molesley 60 Salama 10 Attendance: 315
10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Yate Town 1–3 Merthyr Town Lodge Road
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Harvey 12 Jenkins 15 McLaggon 18 Bowen 38 Attendance: 104

3rd Round
3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) Aylesbury United 1–0 Leamington The ASM Stadium, Meadow View Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Taylor 83 Attendance: 113
13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) Cambridge City 1–0 Histon ProEdge Westwood Road
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Fehmi 41 Attendance: 123
10 February 2016 (2016-02-10) Godalming Town 0–2 Northwood Weycourt
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Hastings 23
Muir 72		 Attendance: 66
25 January 2016 (2016-01-25) Hitchin Town 2–0 Biggleswade Town Top Field
19:45 BST (UTC+01) D Smith 22 og
Palmiero 90		 Attendance: 166
25 January 2016 (2016-01-25) Hungerford Town 0–2 Winchester City Bulpit Lane
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Bentley 64
Barron 88		 Attendance: 118
12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) Merthyr Town 3–1 Chippenham Town Penydarren Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Morgan 19, 35
Jenkins 25		 Snith 87 Attendance: 128
26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) Potters Bar Town 2–2
(3–1 p)		 Slough Town Parkfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Grace 38
George 84		 Barney 2, 41 Attendance: 54
12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) Weymouth 0–1 Paulton Rovers Bob Lucas Stadium
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Ford 50 Attendance: 157

Quarter-finals
10 February 2016 (2016-02-10) Aylesbury United 0–3 Potters Bar Town The ASM Stadium, Meadow View Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Nathaniel-George 33
Adcock 83
Maja 90+1		 Attendance: 84
3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) Cambridge City 1–0 Hitchin Town ProEdge Westwood Road
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Harradine 55 Attendance: 133
2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) Merthyr Town 0–0
(5–3 p)		 Paulton Rovers Penydarren Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Attendance: 201
2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) Winchester City 0–1 Northwood The City Ground
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Nicholas 26 Attendance: 89

Semi-finals
8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) Northwood 0–0
(2–4 p)		 Merthyr Town Northwood Park, Chestnut Avenue, Northwood
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Attendance: 73
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) Potters Bar Town 0–1 Cambridge City Parkfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Hall 48 Attendance: 92

First leg
22 March 2016 (2016-03-22) Merthyr Town 5–1 Cambridge City Penydarren Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Prosser  17', 59', 90+4'
Hugh  71'
Traylor  73'		 Harradine  46'

Second leg
6 April 2016 (2016-04-06) Cambridge City 0–2 Merthyr Town ProEdge Westwood Road
19:45 BST (UTC+01) Prosser  75', 82'

See also

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