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Southern League 1970-71

Premier Division

                           Pl   W  D  L  F   A  Pts
1  Yeovil Town             42  25  7 10  66  31  57 
2  Cambridge City          42  22 11  9  66  38  55 
3  Romford                 42  23  9 10  63  42  55 
4  Hereford United         42  23  8 11  71  53  54 
5  Chelmsford City         42  20 11 11  61  32  51 
6  Barnet                  42  18 14 10  69  49  50 
7  Bedford Town            42  20 10 12  62  46  50 
8  Wimbledon               42  20  8 14  72  54  48 
9  Worcester City          42  20  8 14  61  46  48 
10 Weymouth                42  14 16 12  64  47  44 
11 Dartford                42  15 12 15  53  51  42 
12 Dover                   42  16  9 17  64  63  41 
13 Margate                 42  15 10 17  64  70  40 
14 Hillingdon Borough      42  17  6 19  61  68  40 
15 Bath City               42  13 12 17  48  68  38 
16 Nuneaton Borough        42  12 12 18  43  66  36 
17 Telford United          42  13  8 21  64  70  34 
18 Poole Town              42  14  6 22  57  75  34 
19 King's Lynn             42  11  7 24  44  67  29  Relegated: SL1N
20 Ashford Town            42   8 13 21  52  86  29  Relegated: SL1S
21 Kettering Town          42   8 11 23  48  84  27  Relegated: SL1N
22 Gloucester City         42   6 10 26  34  81  22  Relegated: SL1N

First Division

                           Pl   W  D  L  F   A  Pts
1  Guildford City          38  22 10  6  76  36  54  Promoted: SLP
2  Merthyr Tydfil          38  19 12  7  52  33  50  Promoted: SLP
3  Gravesend & Northfleet  38  19 10  9  74  42  48  Promoted: SLP
4  Folkestone              38  20  8 10  83  53  48  Promoted: SLP
5  Burton Albion           38  19 10  9  56  37  48  Transferred: SL1N
6  Rugby Town              38  17 14  7  58  40  48  Transferred: SL1N
7  Ramsgate Athletic       38  20  5 13  83  54  45  Transferred: SL1S
8  Trowbridge Town         38  19  7 12  78  55  45  Transferred: SL1S
9  Bexley United           38  17 11 10  57  45  45  Transferred: SL1S
10 Crawley Town            38  15 11 12  84  68  41  Transferred: SL1S
11 Hastings United         38  13 12 13  51  50  38  Transferred: SL1S
12 Banbury United          38  13 11 14  58  53  37  Transferred: SL1N
13 Corby Town              38  14  8 16  57  60  36  Transferred: SL1N
14 Salisbury               38  13  7 18  56  60  33  Transferred: SL1S
15 Cheltenham Town         38   8 15 15  44  58  31  Transferred: SL1N
16 Stevenage Athletic      38  12  7 19  55  79  31  Transferred: SL1N
17 Tonbridge               38   8  8 22  48  83  24  Transferred: SL1S
18 Barry Town              38   9  6 23  35  82  24  Transferred: SL1N
19 Dunstable Town          38   8  4 26  32  81  20  Transferred: SL1N
20 Canterbury City         38   5  4 29  37 105  14  Transferred: SL1S

From season 1971/72 the First Division is to be split into a Division One North and a Division One South.

Joining Division One North will be

• Wealdstone from the Isthmian League {IL}
• Wellingborough Town and Stourbridge from the West Midlands (Regional) League {WMP}
• Ilkeston Town and Lockheed Leamington from the Midland Counties League {MiL}
• Bury Town and Bletchley Town from the Metropolitan League {Met}

Joining Division One South will be

• Maidstone United from the Isthmian League {IL}
• Basingstoke Town and Waterlooville from the Hampshire League {Ha1}
• Andover from the Western League {WL}
• Metropolitan Police and Woodford Town from the Metropolitan League {Met}
• Winchester City

[ 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw ]

Source: The Football Association Year Book 1971-72

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