1964–65 Southern Football League

The 1964–65 season was the 62nd in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1964–65
Champions	Weymouth
Promoted	None
Relegated	Bath City Bexley United Hastings United Wisbech Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1590 (3.44 per match)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

Cheltenham Town, promoted as third in Division One
Folkestone Town, promoted as champions of Division One
King's Lynn, promoted as runners-up of Division One
Tonbridge, promoted as fourth in Division One

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Weymouth !Weymouth (C)	42	24	8	10	99	50	1.98	56
2	Guildford City !Guildford City	42	21	12	9	73	49	1.49	54
3	Worcester City !Worcester City	42	22	6	14	100	62	1.613	50
4	Yeovil Town !Yeovil Town	42	18	14	10	76	55	1.382	50
5	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City	42	21	8	13	86	77	1.117	50
6	Margate !Margate	42	20	9	13	88	79	1.114	49
7	Dartford !Dartford	42	17	11	14	74	64	1.156	45
8	Nuneaton Borough !Nuneaton Borough	42	19	7	16	57	55	1.036	45
9	Cambridge City !Cambridge City	42	16	11	15	78	66	1.182	43
10	Bedford Town !Bedford Town	42	17	9	16	66	70	0.943	43
11	Cambridge United !Cambridge United	42	16	9	17	72	69	1.043	41
12	Cheltenham Town !Cheltenham Town	42	15	11	16	72	78	0.923	41
13	Folkestone Town !Folkestone Town	42	17	7	18	72	79	0.911	41
14	Romford !Romford	42	17	7	18	61	70	0.871	41
15	King's Lynn !King's Lynn	42	13	13	16	56	79	0.709	39
16	Tonbridge !Tonbridge	42	10	16	16	66	75	0.88	36
17	Wellington Town !Wellington Town	42	13	10	19	63	78	0.808	36
18	Rugby Town !Rugby Town	42	15	6	21	71	98	0.724	36
19	Wisbech Town !Wisbech Town (R)	42	14	6	22	75	91	0.824	34	Relegation to 1965–66 SFL Division One
20	Bexley United !Bexley United (R)	42	14	5	23	67	74	0.905	33
21	Hastings United !Hastings United (R)	42	9	14	19	58	86	0.674	32
22	Bath City !Bath City (R)	42	13	3	26	60	86	0.698	29

Source:
^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976–77 season.}
^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}
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.

Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 14 non-League clubs applied for election, including nine Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.^[1]

Club	League	Votes
Lincoln City	Football League	48
Stockport County	Football League	45
Barrow	Football League	41
Halifax Town	Football League	41
Bedford Town	Southern League	4
Gateshead	Northern League	4
Guildford City	Southern League	3
Hereford United	Southern League	2
Wigan Athletic	Cheshire League	2
Cambridge United	Southern League	1
Morecambe	Lancashire Combination	1
Romford	Southern League	1
South Shields	North Eastern League	1
Wellington Town	Southern League	1
Wimbledon	Southern League	1
Bexley United	Southern League	0
Corby Town	Southern League	0
New Brighton	Lancashire Combination	0

Division One

Southern Football League
Division One
Season	1964–65
Champions	Hereford United
Promoted	Corby Town Hereford United Poole Town Wimbledon
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1620 (3.51 per match)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

Division One featured five new teams:

Hereford United, Hinckley Athletic, Kettering Town and Merthyr Tydfil, relegated from the Premier Division
Wimbledon, transferred as champions of the Isthmian League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hereford United !Hereford United (C) (P)	42	34	4	4	124	39	3.179	72	Promotion to 1965–66 Southern League Premier Division
2	Wimbledon !Wimbledon (P)	42	24	13	5	108	52	2.077	61
3	Poole Town !Poole Town (P)	42	26	6	10	92	56	1.643	58
4	Corby Town !Corby Town (P)	42	24	7	11	88	55	1.6	55
5	Stevenage Town !Stevenage Town	42	19	13	10	83	43	1.93	51
6	Hillingdon Borough !Hillingdon Borough	42	21	7	14	105	63	1.667	49
7	Crawley Town !Crawley Town	42	22	5	15	83	52	1.596	49
8	Merthyr Tydfil !Merthyr Tydfil	42	20	9	13	75	59	1.271	49
9	Gloucester City !Gloucester City	42	19	10	13	68	65	1.046	48
10	Burton Albion !Burton Albion	42	20	7	15	83	75	1.107	47
11	Canterbury City !Canterbury City	42	13	16	13	73	53	1.377	42
12	Kettering Town !Kettering Town	42	14	13	15	74	64	1.156	41
13	Ramsgate Athletic !Ramsgate Athletic	42	16	8	18	51	59	0.864	40
14	Dover !Dover	42	14	10	18	54	59	0.915	38
15	Hinckley Athletic !Hinckley Athletic	42	13	9	20	57	81	0.704	35
16	Trowbridge Town !Trowbridge Town	42	13	5	24	68	106	0.642	31
17	Ashford Town !Ashford Town	42	11	8	23	60	98	0.612	30
18	Barry Town !Barry Town	42	11	7	24	47	103	0.456	29
19	Deal Town !Deal Town	42	7	13	22	61	127	0.48	27
20	Tunbridge Wells Rangers !Tunbridge Wells Rangers	42	10	6	26	51	107	0.477	26
21	Gravesend & Northfleet !Gravesend & Northfleet	42	9	7	26	57	101	0.564	25
22	Sittingbourne !Sittingbourne	42	8	5	29	58	103	0.563	21

References

RSSF – Southern Football League archive

↑ A history of admission to the Football League

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

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bolton Wanderers Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Southampton Swindon Town Swansea Town

Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Stockport County Walsall Workington York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Notts County Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Wrexham

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