Season 2011–12 Matches played 462 | Goals scored 1,316 | |
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Promoted Brackley TownOxford City Biggest home win Brackley Town 7–1 Bedford Town, 20 August 2011Oxford City 7–1 Swindon Supermarine, 8 October 2011 People also search for 2012–13 Southern Football League | ||
The 2011–12 season was the 109th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011. From this season onwards, the Southern League was known as The Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.
Contents
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 sides from last season, and featured seven new clubs:
Brackley Town won the Southern League Premier Division and were promoted to the Conference North along with play-off winners Oxford City.
Evesham United, Swindon Supermarine and Cirencester Town finished in the relegation zone and, as in the previous season, all three relegating teams were placed to the Division One South & West, while Hemel Hempstead Town were reprieved from relegation for the second time in three seasons due to Conference Premier clubs demotion.
League table
Updated to games played on 3 May 2012.
Source: Southern Football League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Hemel Hempstead Town reprieved from relegation.
(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
*Evesham United ground-shared with Worcester City.
Results
Updated to games played on 1 May 2012.
Source: Southern Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Division One Central
Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new teams:
St Neots Town won the division in their inaugural season in the Southern League and were promoted to Premier Division along with play-off winners Bedworth United. Marlow finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the Hellenic League, while second bottom Fleet Town were reprieved from relegation due to Bedfont Town's resignation.
League table
Updated to games played on 25 May 2012.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Fleet Town reprieved from relegation.
(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 ground-shared with Beaconsfield SYCOB.
Results
Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: Southern Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Division One South & West
Shortly before the start of the season Andover resigned from the league and folded. No replacement club was admitted and the season was played with 21 clubs. Therefore, relegation zone was reduced to one place in order to make up the numbers for the 2012-13 season. Division One South & West consisted of 21, including 17 teams from the previous season, three clubs relegated from Premier Division and one new club:
Bideford won the division and were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division along with play-off winners Gosport Borough. Stourport Swifts finished bottom of the table and were relegated.
League table
Updated to games played on 25 May 2012.
Source: Southern Football League
*Andover resigned from the league and were wound up in July 2011.
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.
Play-offs
*AET
Results
Updated to games played on 28 April 2012.
Source: Southern Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
League Cup
The Southern League Cup 2011–12 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2011–12 for sponsorship reasons) is the 74th season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.