Season 2012–13 Matches played 462 | Goals scored 1,409 | |
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Promoted LeamingtonGosport Borough Biggest home win Gosport Borough 7 – 0 Kettering Town, 15 December 2012Stourbridge 8 – 1 Banbury United, 18 September 2012 People also search for 2011–12 Southern Football League | ||
The 2012–13 season was the 110th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. From the previous season onwards, the Southern League was known as The Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.
Contents
- Premier Division
- League table
- Results
- Division One Central
- Stadia and locations
- Division One South West
- League Cup
- References
Due to Step Three leagues increasing their number of teams from 22 to 24 from the 2013–14 season onwards, only two clubs were relegated from the Premier Division, and only one club was relegated from each of Division One Central and South & West this season.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
Hinckley United and Maidenhead United were originally relegated to this division from the Conference North/South, but were reprieved after the relegation of Darlington and the resignation of Kettering Town from the Conference National. Darlington were relegated to the Northern League, and Kettering applied to join the Southern League, allowing for a further reprieve for Hemel Hempstead Town.
League table
Updated to games played on 30 April 2013.
Source: Southern Football League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Kettering Town deducted 10 points for financial irregularities.
(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.
Results
Updated to games played on 27 April 2013.
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:
Burnham won the division on the final day of the season and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Biggleswade Town. Woodford United lost all their matches and were the only team relegated from Division One Central after this season.
League table
Updated to games played on 6 May 2013.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ Chalfont St Peter deducted 15 points for fielding an ineligible player.
(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.
Division One South & West
Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season, three teams relegated from the Premier Division and three new teams:
Poole Town won the division in their second season in the league, and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Hungerford Town. Winchester City finished bottom and left the Southern League for the Wessex League for the second time in four seasons.
Sholing resigned at the end of the season for financial reasons, and dropped down to the Wessex League.
On 12 May 2013, Abingdon United also resigned from the league for financial reasons, and dropped down to the Hellenic League.
League table
Updated to games played on 12 May 2013.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ Winchester City deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Taunton Town on the first day of the season.
* Cirencester Town deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
(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.
League Cup
The Southern League Cup 2012–13 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2012–13 for sponsorship reasons) is the 75th season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.