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1975–76 Southern Football League

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Season
  
1975–76

Promoted
  
None

Goals scored
  
1181 (2.56 per match)

Champions
  
Matches played
  
462

Relegated
  
Cambridge CityDunstable TownStourbridgeTonbridge

The 1975–76 season was the 73rd in the history of the Southern League. It was the last Southern League season to use goal average as a tie-breaking criteria.

Contents

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

  • Bedford Town, promoted as champions of Division One North
  • Dunstable Town, promoted as runners-up of Division One North
  • Gravesend & Northfleet, promoted as champions of Division One South
  • Hillingdon Borough, 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 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 nine 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 two new teams:

  • Barnet, relegated from the Premier Division
  • Oswestry Town, promoted as 10th in the Cheshire County League
  • League table

    Source: [2]
    1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used 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:

  • Dartford, Guildford & Dorking United and Romford, 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 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

    1975–76 Southern Football League Wikipedia


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