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1972–73 Southern Football League

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Season
  
1972–73

Promoted
  
None

Goals scored
  
1236 (2.68 per match)

Champions
  
Kettering Town

Matches played
  
462

Relegated
  
Burton Albion Poole Town Ramsgate Waterlooville

The 1972–73 season was the 70th in the history of the Southern League.

Contents

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

  • Burton Albion, promoted as runners-up of Division One North
  • Kettering Town, promoted as champions of Division One North
  • Ramsgate, promoted as runners-up of in Division One South
  • Waterlooville, promoted as champions of Division One South

    • League table

    Source: [1]
    1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
    2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
    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.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Football League elections

    Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 10 non-League clubs applied for election, eight of which were Southern League clubs. All the League clubs were re-elected.

    Division One North

    Division One featured nine new teams:

  • Atherstone Town, runners-up of the West Midlands (Regional) League
  • Bedworth United, tenth in the West Midlands (Regional) League
  • Bromsgrove Rovers, fourth in the West Midlands (Regional) League
  • Enderby Town
  • Grantham, champions of the Midland League
  • Kidderminster Harriers, third in the West Midlands (Regional) League
  • Merthyr Tydfil relegated from the Premier Division
  • Redditch United, sixth in the West Midlands (Regional) League
  • Tamworth, champions of the West Midlands (Regional) League

    • League table

    Source: [2]
    1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
    2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
    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.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Division One South

    Division One South featured eight new teams:

  • Bath City and Gravesend & Northfleet relegated from the Premier Division
  • Bideford, champions of the Western League
  • Bletchley Town, Dunstable Town and Wealdstone, transferred from Division One North
  • Bognor Regis Town, champions of the Sussex League
  • Dorchester Town, seventh in the Western League
  • Minehead, runners up in the Western League

    • League table

    Source: [3]
    1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
    2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
    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.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    References

    1972–73 Southern Football League Wikipedia
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