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1997–98 Southern Football League

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Season
  
1997–98

Promoted
  
Forest Green Rovers

Goals scored
  
1372 (2.97 per match)

Champions
  
Forest Green Rovers

Matches played
  
462

Relegated
  
Ashford TownSt.Leonards StamcroftSittingbourne

The 1997–98 season was the 95th in the history of the Southern League.

Contents

League table

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

  • Bath City relegated from the Conference
  • Bromsgrove Rovers relegated from the Conference
  • Forest Green Rovers promoted as champions from the Southern Division
  • Rothwell Town promoted as runners-up from the Midland Division
  • St. Leonards Stamcroft promoted as runners-up from the Southern Division
  • Tamworth promoted as champions from the Midland Division

    • Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1998.
    Source: [1]
    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.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1998.
    Source: [2]
    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.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1998.
    Source: [3]
    *The following season, Havant Town and Waterlooville merged to form Havant & Waterlooville
    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

    1997–98 Southern Football League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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