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1973–74 Southern Football League

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Season
  
1973–74

Promoted
  
None

Goals scored
  
1149 (2.49 per match)

Champions
  
Dartford

Matches played
  
462

Relegated
  
Bedford Town Folkestone Hillingdon Borough Worcester City

The 1973–74 season was the 71st in the history of the Southern League.

Contents

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

  • Atherstone Town, promoted as runners-up of Division One North
  • Grantham, promoted as champions of Division One North
  • Maidstone United, promoted as champions of Division One South
  • Tonbridge, promoted as runners-up of in 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 seven non-League clubs applied for election, six of which were Southern League clubs. All the League clubs were re-elected.

    Division One North

    Division One featured four new teams:

  • Bletchley Town and Dunstable Town, transferred from Division One South
  • Burton Albion, relegated from the Premier Division
  • Witney Town, champions of the Hellenic Football 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 three new teams:

  • Ramsgate, Poole Town and Waterlooville, relegated from the Premier Division

    • 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

    1973–74 Southern Football League Wikipedia
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