2010–11 Southern Football League

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from last season and five new clubs:

At the end of the previous season Salisbury City failed to come out of administration and thus were relegated two divisions down due to a breach of Conference rules. In the middle of the season Windsor & Eton folded due to financial problems, the club was expelled from the league, their record was expunged.

Truro City won the Southern League Premier Division to earn a fourth promotion in five seasons, and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Salisbury City.

Didcot Town, Halesowen Town and Tiverton Town were relegated this season. No clubs were reprieved from relegation from Premier Division for the first time since 2005–06 season.

League table

Updated to games played on 25 April 2011.
Source: Southern Football League.
^†Windsor & Eton FC was wound up in the High Court on 2 February 2011, due to unpaid taxes.
Their record of P26 W8 D12 L6 GF33 GA35 Pts36 was expunged on 8 February.
^*Weymouth deducted 10 points for being in administration.
^‡Banbury United deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
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 Central

Replacing the Division One Midlands, the Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 teams from previous season, one club relegated from each Southern and Isthmian League Premier Divisions, three clubs transferred from Division One South & West, three feeder league champions and one team transferred from Isthmian League Division One North:

Arlesey Town won the division and were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division along with play-off winners Hitchin Town. Beaconsfield SYCOB finished bottom of the table were reprieved after Premier Division club Windsor & Eton folded and Atherstone Town resigned from the league.

League table

Updated to games played on 25 April 2011.
Source: Southern Football League.
^*On 18 December 2010 Atherstone Town announced that they would be resigning from the Southern League at the end of the 2010–11 season.
^¶Arlesey Town deducted 9 points for fielding an ineligible player.
^‡Daventry Town deducted 6 points for fielding an ineligible player.
^† Beaconsfield SYCOB reprieved from relegation.
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.

Stadia and locations

‡ Slough Town and Beaconsfield SYCOB groundshare at Holloways Park.

Division One South & West

Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season and featured six new clubs:

Before the start of the season Bromsgrove Rovers were removed from the league due to ground problems. No club was promoted to take the place of Bromsgrove, and therefore the season was played with 21 clubs. VT F.C. were renamed Sholing.

A.F.C. Totton won the title and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Frome Town. In April 2011 it was announced that Almondsbury Town would resign from the league at the end of the season due to ground problems, and so Andover, the only South & West club that finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved.

League table

Updated to games played on 25 April 2011.
Source: Southern Football League
^*On 7 April 2011 it was announced that Almondsbury Town would resign from the league at the end of the season due to the loss of their playing facilities.
^† Andover were reprieved from relegation.
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 Cup

The Southern League Cup 2010–11 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) is the 73rd season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League. 65 clubs took part. The competition commenced on 21 September 2010. The winners were Hednesford Town who beat Hemel Hempstead Town 5–1 on aggregate over two legs.

In the Preliminary Round, the four lowest ranked clubs in the Southern League played each other for a place in the First Round.

The two clubs to have made it through the Preliminary Round were entered into the draw with every other Southern League club, making sixty-four teams.

The thirty-two clubs to have made it through the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw. Hednesford Town received a bye to this round.

The sixteen clubs to have made it through the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw.

¹ Hemel Hempsted Town advanced as Windsor & Eton resigned from the Southern League and folded.