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1974–75 Southern Football League

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Season
  
1974–75

Promoted
  
None

Goals scored
  
1233 (2.67 per match)

Champions
  
Wimbledon

Matches played
  
462

Relegated
  
Barnet Dartford Hillingdon Borough Romford

The 1974–75 season was the 72nd in the history of the Southern League.

Contents

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

  • Bath City, promoted as runners-up of in Division One South
  • Burton Albion, promoted as runners-up of Division One North
  • Stourbridge, promoted as champions of Division One North
  • Wealdstone, 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 12 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 two new teams:

  • Bedford Town and Worcester City, relegated from the Premier Division

    • 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 two new teams:

  • Folkestone & Shepway and Hillingdon Borough, 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

    1974–75 Southern Football League Wikipedia
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