1979–80 Southern Football League

The 1979–80 Southern Football League season was the 77th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

At the end of the previous season the Alliance Premier League was established as a new, national top division of non-League football. Thirteen clubs from the Premier Division joined the new league, leading to a restructuring of the Southern League for this season, in which it was divided solely into Midland and Southern divisions. Bridgend Town won the Midland Division, whilst Dorchester Town won the Southern Division. Bridgend were declared Southern League champions after defeating Dorchester 3–0 at home and 2–1 away to win a championship play-off.[1] There was no promotion to the Alliance Premier League and no relegation to feeder leagues.

Midland Division

At the end of the previous season Alliance Premier League on the top of non-league was created. Following that Southern Football League was restructured with Midland and Southern divisions replacing three old divisions. The Midland Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season Division One North and six new clubs:

League table
Southern Football League
Midland Division
Season1979–80
ChampionsBridgend Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,293 (2.8 per match)
← 1978–79
(Division One North)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bridgend Town 42 28 6 8 85 39 +46 62
2 Minehead 42 22 15 5 70 42 +28 59
3 Bedford Town 42 20 12 10 71 42 +29 52
4 Kidderminster Harriers 42 23 6 13 81 59 +22 52
5 Merthyr Tydfil 42 20 11 11 70 47 +23 51
6 Enderby Town 42 21 8 13 62 50 +12 50
7 Stourbridge 42 19 11 12 67 49 +18 49
8 Alvechurch 42 17 14 11 78 60 +18 48
9 Trowbridge Town 42 19 9 14 62 61 +1 47
10 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 18 10 14 67 56 +11 46
11 Barry Town 42 15 12 15 64 58 +6 42
12 King's Lynn 42 15 11 16 48 55 −7 41 Transferred to the Northern Premier League
13 Banbury United 42 13 14 15 56 56 0 40
14 Taunton Town 42 16 8 18 55 62 −7 40
15 Witney Town 42 10 19 13 43 45 −2 39
16 Bedworth United 42 12 15 15 40 42 −2 39
17 Milton Keynes City 42 15 7 20 46 59 −13 37
18 Gloucester City 42 10 14 18 55 68 −13 32[lower-alpha 1]
19 Cheltenham Town 42 13 5 24 49 70 −21 31
20 Wellingborough Town 42 9 7 26 54 106 −52 25
21 Cambridge City 42 6 9 27 30 73 −43 21
22 Corby Town 42 5 9 28 40 94 −54 19
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Gloucester City were deducted two points.

Southern Division

At the end of the previous season Alliance Premier League on the top of non-league was created. Following that Southern Football League was restructured with Midland and Southern divisions replacing three old divisions. The Southern Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season Division One South and six new clubs:

At the end of the season Addlestone was renamed Addlestone & Weybridge Town and Folkestone & Shepway was renamed Folkestone.

League table
Southern Football League
Southern Division
Season1979–80
ChampionsDorchester Town
Matches played552
Goals scored1,465 (2.65 per match)
← 1978–79
(Division One South)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dorchester Town 46 25 12 9 81 53 +28 62
2 Aylesbury United 46 25 11 10 73 40 +33 61
3 Dover 46 22 13 11 78 47 +31 57
4 Gosport Borough 46 21 15 10 70 50 +20 57
5 Dartford 46 21 14 11 66 45 +21 56
6 Bognor Regis Town 46 20 15 11 66 38 +28 55
7 Hillingdon Borough 46 19 16 11 64 41 +23 54
8 Dunstable 46 17 19 10 93 64 +29 53
9 Addlestone 46 20 13 13 72 57 +15 53
10 Hastings United 46 19 15 12 74 65 +9 53
11 Fareham Town 46 16 16 14 61 53 +8 48
12 Waterlooville 46 17 12 17 67 64 +3 46
13 Andover 46 16 13 17 65 65 0 45
14 Poole Town 46 16 13 17 49 64 −15 45
15 Canterbury City 46 15 14 17 56 60 −4 44
16 Hounslow 46 14 15 17 44 57 −13 43
17 Margate 46 17 8 21 51 62 −11 42
18 Folkestone & Shepway 46 14 11 21 54 63 −9 39
19 Ashford Town (Kent) 46 12 14 20 54 71 −17 38
20 Crawley Town 46 13 11 22 55 72 −17 37
21 Chelmsford City 46 9 18 19 47 69 −22 36
22 Basingstoke Town 46 9 15 22 48 79 −31 33
23 Salisbury 46 10 12 24 47 58 −11 32
24 Tonbridge Angels 46 3 9 34 30 128 −98 15
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References
  1. Bridgend Town at the Football Club History Database
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