The Southern League, currently known as the Evo-Stik League Southern under the terms of a sponsorship agreement with Bostik Ltd, is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, 'South Central' and Midlands of England and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system.
The structure of the Southern League has changed several times since its formation in 1894, and currently there are 68 clubs which are divided into three divisions. The Premier Division is at step 3 of the National League System (NLS), and is a feeder division, mainly to the National League South but also to the National League North. Feeding the Premier Division are two regional divisions, Division One South & West and Division One Central, which are at step 4 of the NLS. These divisions are in turn fed by various regional leagues.
The 2007–08 season was the 105th 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.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, four clubs promoted from Division One Midlands / South & West, plus one club relegated from the Conference South:
Bashley, promoted as champions of Division One South & West
Brackley Town, promoted as champions of Division One Midlands
Bromsgrove Rovers, promoted as play-off winners in Division One Midlands
Swindon Supermarine, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South & West
King's Lynn won the Southern League Premier and were promoted to the Conference North, while play-off winners Team Bath were promoted to the Conference South, though both clubs spent only one season at that level. Bromsgrove Rovers, Cirencester Town and Cheshunt were relegated to Division One. Bedford Town also ended the season in the relegation zone but were reprieved from relegation for the second season running after F.C. Halifax Town folded and Nuneaton Borough were demoted to Division One.
The Southern League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the Southern United States. Classified a Double-A league, it is headquartered in the Atlanta, suburb of Marietta. The league acquired its name in 1964, after the South Atlantic League, which had started in 1936, renamed itself to Southern League.
Origins
The original Southern League existed from 1885 to 1899. A new league, the Southern Association, was formed in 1901, consisting of twelve teams. The association shut down after the 1961 season.
In 1964, the original South Atlantic League (nicknamed the Sally League and not related to the current league of the same name, formerly the Western Carolinas League) changed its name to the Southern League. The original South Atlantic League was a mid- to higher-classification circuit that played from 1904 to 1917, 1919 to 1930 (when it was known as the South Atlantic Association), 1936 to 1942, and 1946 to 1963. The old South Atlantic League grew from Class C status to Class B (through 1942) and then Class A (until 1962). In its final season, it was elevated to Double-A.
In 1976-7, a "B" league was run, while a junior league was also contested in most seasons.
Champions
1970-71: Sussex Senators Coached by ex Paisley player Scot - Joe Conway led the senators on their first season. All games played away as there was no home rink. Brighton was a silver blades rink for figure skating.
Players such as Mike OBrien,Jim Thomson,John Rost,John Baxter played during the 2 seasons that Senators won the league.
Source: foxsportspulse.com Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. 1 N.T.C. did not play for competition points.
Pitching In Southern League Premier Division Central Stadiums (2022/23)
The stadiums of the teams in our league next season
published: 08 Jun 2022
GOAL_AFC Totton 1-1 Winchester City | Southern League Premier Division South | Sat16Dec2023
Scott Rendell scores AFC Totton's equaliser in the 78th minute of the Southern League Premier Division South encounter at the Snows Stadium on Saturday 16 December 2023. Midfielder Daniel Jones had given the visitors the lead on 54 minutes. Attendance: 1,320.
published: 20 Dec 2023
HIGHLIGHTS: AFC Telford United vs Redditch United: Southern League Premier Central - 29th March 2024
Highlights of the AFC Telford United vs Redditch United FC fixture in the Southern League Premier Central on 29th March 2024 at the New Buck's Head Stadium, Telford.
published: 09 Apr 2024
GOALS - AFC TOTTON 2-2 Basingstoke Town | Southern League Premier Division South | Tue26Dec2023
AFC Totton's goal highlights from the Boxing Day encounter with Basingstoke Town at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 26 December 2023. Leon Maloney opened the scoring in the 3rd minute and Scott Rendell doubled The Stags lead from the penalty spot in the second-half.
'Stoke hit back with goals from Daniel Rowe (66mins) and Marcus Johnson-Schuster (69mins) to claim a point.
Att: 1,164
published: 30 Dec 2023
MFC vs Coalville Town | Southern League Premier Division Central
Watch our match highlights as we welcomed Coalville Town to the Don Amott Arena. #comeonyousports #redarmy
Match Highlights proudly sponsored by Members of Unite Union at Rolls-Royce Derby.
Mickleover FC vs Coalville Town
Pitching In Southern League Premier Central
Tuesday 16th August 2022
published: 29 Aug 2022
GOALS_AFC Totton 2-1 Hayes & Yeading United | Southern League Premier Division South | Tue19Dec2023
The Stags leapt back into the Promotion Play-Off places in the Southern League Premier Division South with a 2-1 home win over Hayes & Yeading United at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 19 December 2023.
The victory came courtesy of Leon Maloney's impudent 3rd-minute opener and Scott Rendell's 20th goal of the season in all competitions on the hour mark, after Oluwasanmi Odelusi had equalised for Hayes four minutes into the second half. Attendance: 1,147.
published: 20 Dec 2023
Kevin Wilkin: Post-Match vs Leamington FC - Southern League Premier Central - 6th April 2024
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 victory over Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division, speaking to Rich Worton (@buckswriter).
published: 07 Apr 2024
Kevin Wilkin: Post-Match vs Leamington FC - Southern League Premier Central - 6th May 2024
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 defeat to Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division playoff final, speaking to Rich Worton (@buckswriter).
published: 08 May 2024
2023/2024 The Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division South Stadiums
Here are the stadiums for the 2023/2024 The Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division South
#nonleague #nonleaguefootball #pitchingin #southernleague #southernfootballleague #AFCTotton #BasingstokeTownFC #BeaconsfieldTownFC #BracknellTownFC #CheshamUnitedFC #DidcotTownFC #DorchesterTownFC #GosportBoroughFC #HanwellTownFC #HarrowBoroughFC #HayesAndYeadingUnitedFC #HendonFC #HungerfordTownFC #MerthyrTownFC #PlymouthParkwayFC #PooleTownFC #SalisburyFC #SholingFC #SwindonSupermarineFC #TivertonTownFC #WaltonAndHershamFC #WinchesterCityFC
published: 07 Aug 2023
Northern Premier League Premier Division Stadiums
We showcase the stadiums of the Northern Premier League Premier Division. A non-league football...... league. Thanks for watching!
Scott Rendell scores AFC Totton's equaliser in the 78th minute of the Southern League Premier Division South encounter at the Snows Stadium on Saturday 16 Decem...
Scott Rendell scores AFC Totton's equaliser in the 78th minute of the Southern League Premier Division South encounter at the Snows Stadium on Saturday 16 December 2023. Midfielder Daniel Jones had given the visitors the lead on 54 minutes. Attendance: 1,320.
Scott Rendell scores AFC Totton's equaliser in the 78th minute of the Southern League Premier Division South encounter at the Snows Stadium on Saturday 16 December 2023. Midfielder Daniel Jones had given the visitors the lead on 54 minutes. Attendance: 1,320.
Highlights of the AFC Telford United vs Redditch United FC fixture in the Southern League Premier Central on 29th March 2024 at the New Buck's Head Stadium, Tel...
Highlights of the AFC Telford United vs Redditch United FC fixture in the Southern League Premier Central on 29th March 2024 at the New Buck's Head Stadium, Telford.
Highlights of the AFC Telford United vs Redditch United FC fixture in the Southern League Premier Central on 29th March 2024 at the New Buck's Head Stadium, Telford.
AFC Totton's goal highlights from the Boxing Day encounter with Basingstoke Town at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 26 December 2023. Leon Maloney opened the scori...
AFC Totton's goal highlights from the Boxing Day encounter with Basingstoke Town at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 26 December 2023. Leon Maloney opened the scoring in the 3rd minute and Scott Rendell doubled The Stags lead from the penalty spot in the second-half.
'Stoke hit back with goals from Daniel Rowe (66mins) and Marcus Johnson-Schuster (69mins) to claim a point.
Att: 1,164
AFC Totton's goal highlights from the Boxing Day encounter with Basingstoke Town at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 26 December 2023. Leon Maloney opened the scoring in the 3rd minute and Scott Rendell doubled The Stags lead from the penalty spot in the second-half.
'Stoke hit back with goals from Daniel Rowe (66mins) and Marcus Johnson-Schuster (69mins) to claim a point.
Att: 1,164
Watch our match highlights as we welcomed Coalville Town to the Don Amott Arena. #comeonyousports #redarmy
Match Highlights proudly sponsored by Members of Un...
Watch our match highlights as we welcomed Coalville Town to the Don Amott Arena. #comeonyousports #redarmy
Match Highlights proudly sponsored by Members of Unite Union at Rolls-Royce Derby.
Mickleover FC vs Coalville Town
Pitching In Southern League Premier Central
Tuesday 16th August 2022
Watch our match highlights as we welcomed Coalville Town to the Don Amott Arena. #comeonyousports #redarmy
Match Highlights proudly sponsored by Members of Unite Union at Rolls-Royce Derby.
Mickleover FC vs Coalville Town
Pitching In Southern League Premier Central
Tuesday 16th August 2022
The Stags leapt back into the Promotion Play-Off places in the Southern League Premier Division South with a 2-1 home win over Hayes & Yeading United at the Sno...
The Stags leapt back into the Promotion Play-Off places in the Southern League Premier Division South with a 2-1 home win over Hayes & Yeading United at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 19 December 2023.
The victory came courtesy of Leon Maloney's impudent 3rd-minute opener and Scott Rendell's 20th goal of the season in all competitions on the hour mark, after Oluwasanmi Odelusi had equalised for Hayes four minutes into the second half. Attendance: 1,147.
The Stags leapt back into the Promotion Play-Off places in the Southern League Premier Division South with a 2-1 home win over Hayes & Yeading United at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 19 December 2023.
The victory came courtesy of Leon Maloney's impudent 3rd-minute opener and Scott Rendell's 20th goal of the season in all competitions on the hour mark, after Oluwasanmi Odelusi had equalised for Hayes four minutes into the second half. Attendance: 1,147.
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 victory over Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division, speaking to Rich Worton (@buck...
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 victory over Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division, speaking to Rich Worton (@buckswriter).
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 victory over Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division, speaking to Rich Worton (@buckswriter).
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 defeat to Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division playoff final, speaking to Rich Wo...
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 defeat to Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division playoff final, speaking to Rich Worton (@buckswriter).
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 defeat to Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division playoff final, speaking to Rich Worton (@buckswriter).
Here are the stadiums for the 2023/2024 The Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division South
#nonleague #nonleaguefootball #pitchingin #southernleagu...
Here are the stadiums for the 2023/2024 The Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division South
#nonleague #nonleaguefootball #pitchingin #southernleague #southernfootballleague #AFCTotton #BasingstokeTownFC #BeaconsfieldTownFC #BracknellTownFC #CheshamUnitedFC #DidcotTownFC #DorchesterTownFC #GosportBoroughFC #HanwellTownFC #HarrowBoroughFC #HayesAndYeadingUnitedFC #HendonFC #HungerfordTownFC #MerthyrTownFC #PlymouthParkwayFC #PooleTownFC #SalisburyFC #SholingFC #SwindonSupermarineFC #TivertonTownFC #WaltonAndHershamFC #WinchesterCityFC
Here are the stadiums for the 2023/2024 The Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division South
#nonleague #nonleaguefootball #pitchingin #southernleague #southernfootballleague #AFCTotton #BasingstokeTownFC #BeaconsfieldTownFC #BracknellTownFC #CheshamUnitedFC #DidcotTownFC #DorchesterTownFC #GosportBoroughFC #HanwellTownFC #HarrowBoroughFC #HayesAndYeadingUnitedFC #HendonFC #HungerfordTownFC #MerthyrTownFC #PlymouthParkwayFC #PooleTownFC #SalisburyFC #SholingFC #SwindonSupermarineFC #TivertonTownFC #WaltonAndHershamFC #WinchesterCityFC
Scott Rendell scores AFC Totton's equaliser in the 78th minute of the Southern League Premier Division South encounter at the Snows Stadium on Saturday 16 December 2023. Midfielder Daniel Jones had given the visitors the lead on 54 minutes. Attendance: 1,320.
Highlights of the AFC Telford United vs Redditch United FC fixture in the Southern League Premier Central on 29th March 2024 at the New Buck's Head Stadium, Telford.
AFC Totton's goal highlights from the Boxing Day encounter with Basingstoke Town at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 26 December 2023. Leon Maloney opened the scoring in the 3rd minute and Scott Rendell doubled The Stags lead from the penalty spot in the second-half.
'Stoke hit back with goals from Daniel Rowe (66mins) and Marcus Johnson-Schuster (69mins) to claim a point.
Att: 1,164
Watch our match highlights as we welcomed Coalville Town to the Don Amott Arena. #comeonyousports #redarmy
Match Highlights proudly sponsored by Members of Unite Union at Rolls-Royce Derby.
Mickleover FC vs Coalville Town
Pitching In Southern League Premier Central
Tuesday 16th August 2022
The Stags leapt back into the Promotion Play-Off places in the Southern League Premier Division South with a 2-1 home win over Hayes & Yeading United at the Snows Stadium on Tuesday 19 December 2023.
The victory came courtesy of Leon Maloney's impudent 3rd-minute opener and Scott Rendell's 20th goal of the season in all competitions on the hour mark, after Oluwasanmi Odelusi had equalised for Hayes four minutes into the second half. Attendance: 1,147.
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 victory over Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division, speaking to Rich Worton (@buckswriter).
Bucks manager Kevin Wilkin reflects on his team's 1-0 defeat to Leamington FC in the Southern League Premier Central division playoff final, speaking to Rich Worton (@buckswriter).
Here are the stadiums for the 2023/2024 The Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division South
#nonleague #nonleaguefootball #pitchingin #southernleague #southernfootballleague #AFCTotton #BasingstokeTownFC #BeaconsfieldTownFC #BracknellTownFC #CheshamUnitedFC #DidcotTownFC #DorchesterTownFC #GosportBoroughFC #HanwellTownFC #HarrowBoroughFC #HayesAndYeadingUnitedFC #HendonFC #HungerfordTownFC #MerthyrTownFC #PlymouthParkwayFC #PooleTownFC #SalisburyFC #SholingFC #SwindonSupermarineFC #TivertonTownFC #WaltonAndHershamFC #WinchesterCityFC
The Southern League, currently known as the Evo-Stik League Southern under the terms of a sponsorship agreement with Bostik Ltd, is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, 'South Central' and Midlands of England and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system.
The structure of the Southern League has changed several times since its formation in 1894, and currently there are 68 clubs which are divided into three divisions. The Premier Division is at step 3 of the National League System (NLS), and is a feeder division, mainly to the National League South but also to the National League North. Feeding the Premier Division are two regional divisions, Division One South & West and Division One Central, which are at step 4 of the NLS. These divisions are in turn fed by various regional leagues.
When he switched to Tamworth in February 2022, Diamonds were in the play-off positions of the Southern LeaguePremierCentral – two divisions below the National League – and Tamworth were in relegation trouble.
The Bees, of the eighth tier, took the Royals to extra-time but the League One side ultimately edged past the Southern League PremierDivisionCentral side despite dropping down to 10 men.
After observing the rest of Austin's entertaining pre-match conference, Sandro heads to the dressing room to get ready for his first training session with the Southern LeaguePremierDivisionCentral...
After beating third-placed AFC Telford 3-1 on Tuesday, Akhtar’s side top of the Southern PremierLeagueCentral and are the division’s leading scorers ... League and Championship appearances between them.
... out of the English non-league system and into an expanded CymruPremier in 2026. Merthyr are currently top of the Southern League Premier DivisionSouth, which is at step seven in the English pyramid.