1956–57 Southern Football League

The 1956–57 Southern Football League season saw Kettering Town win the championship.^[1] Five Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Final table

The league featured no new clubs for this season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Kettering Town	42	28	10	4	106	47	2.26	66
2	Bedford Town	42	25	8	9	89	52	1.71	58
3	Weymouth	42	22	10	10	92	71	1.3	54
4	Cheltenham Town	42	19	15	8	73	46	1.59	53
5	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	21	11	10	74	58	1.28	53
6	Lovells Athletic	42	21	7	14	99	84	1.18	49
7	Guildford City	42	18	11	13	68	49	1.39	47
8	Hereford United	42	19	8	15	96	60	1.6	46
9	Headington United	42	19	7	16	64	61	1.05	45
10	Gloucester City	42	18	8	16	74	72	1.03	44
11	Hastings United	42	17	9	16	70	58	1.21	43
12	Worcester City	42	16	10	16	81	80	1.01	42
13	Dartford	42	16	10	16	79	88	0.9	42
14	Chelmsford City	42	16	9	17	73	85	0.86	41
15	Tonbridge	42	14	12	16	74	65	1.14	40
16	Yeovil Town	42	14	11	17	83	85	0.98	39
17	Bath City	42	15	8	19	56	78	0.71	38
18	Exeter City II	42	10	10	22	52	89	0.58	30
19	Merthyr Tydfil	42	9	11	22	72	95	0.75	29
20	Barry Town	42	6	11	25	39	84	0.46	23
21	Kidderminster Harriers	42	7	10	25	60	83	0.72	20	Four points deducted
22	Llanelly	42	5	8	29	39	123	0.31	18	Left league at end of season

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League elections

Five Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.^[2]

Club	League	Votes
Norwich City	Football League	48
Tranmere Rovers	Football League	48
Crewe Alexandra	Football League	47
Swindon Town	Football League	42
Peterborough United	Midland League	7
Bedford Town	Southern League	1
Burton Albion	Birmingham & District League	1
Wigan Athletic	Lancashire Combination	1
Headington United	Southern League	0
Kettering Town	Southern League	0
King's Lynn	Midland League	0
Morecambe	Lancashire Combination	0
Nelson	Lancashire Combination	0
North Shields	North Eastern League	0
Worcester City	Southern League	0
Yeovil Town	Southern League	0

References

Southern League

Premier Division	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Hayes and Yeading United Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Langley King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Redditch United Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Dunstable Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Farnborough Fleet Town Hanwell Town Histon Kempston Rovers Kidlington Marlow Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Didcot Town Evesham United Hereford Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Derby County Gateshead Halifax Town Hartlepools United Hull City Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City

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