1966–67 Southern Football League

The 1966–67 season was the 64th in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1966–67
Champions	Romford
Promoted	None
Relegated	Bath City Bedford Town Folkestone Town Worcester City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1457 (3.15 per match)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

Barnet, promoted as champions of Division One
Bath City, promoted as fourth in Division One
Burton Albion, promoted as third in Division One
Hillingdon Borough, promoted as runners-up of Division One

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Romford !Romford (C)	42	22	8	12	80	60	1.333	52
2	Nuneaton Borough !Nuneaton Borough	42	21	9	12	82	54	1.519	51
3	Weymouth !Weymouth	42	18	14	10	64	40	1.6	50
4	Wimbledon !Wimbledon	42	19	11	12	88	60	1.467	49
5	Barnet !Barnet	42	18	13	11	86	66	1.303	49
6	Guildford City !Guildford City	42	19	10	13	65	51	1.275	48
7	Wellington Town !Wellington Town	42	20	7	15	70	67	1.045	47
8	Cambridge United !Cambridge United	42	16	13	13	75	67	1.119	45
9	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City	42	15	15	12	66	59	1.119	45
10	King's Lynn !King's Lynn	42	15	14	13	78	72	1.083	44
11	Hereford United !Hereford United	42	16	12	14	79	61	1.295	44
12	Cambridge City !Cambridge City	42	15	13	14	66	70	0.943	43
13	Cheltenham Town !Cheltenham Town	42	16	11	15	60	71	0.845	43
14	Yeovil Town !Yeovil Town	42	14	14	14	66	72	0.917	42
15	Burton Albion !Burton Albion	42	17	5	20	63	71	0.887	39
16	Corby Town !Corby Town	42	15	9	18	60	75	0.8	39
17	Poole Town !Poole Town	42	14	11	17	52	65	0.8	39
18	Hillingdon Borough !Hillingdon Borough	42	11	13	18	49	70	0.7	35
19	Bath City !Bath City (R)	42	11	12	19	51	74	0.689	34	Relegation to 1967–68 SFL Division One
20	Worcester City !Worcester City (R)	42	11	8	23	59	79	0.747	30
21	Bedford Town !Bedford Town (R)	42	8	13	21	54	72	0.75	29
22	Folkestone Town !Folkestone Town (R)	42	6	15	21	44	81	0.543	27

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 12 Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.^[1]

Club	League	Votes
Lincoln City	Football League	46
Bradford Park Avenue	Football League	45
York City	Football League	45
Rochdale	Football League	38
Wigan Athletic	Cheshire League	5
Romford	Southern League	5
Hereford United	Southern League	4
Bedford Town	Southern League	2
Cambridge United	Southern League	2
Chelmsford City	Southern League	1
Wellington Town	Southern League	1
Wimbledon	Southern League	1
Yeovil Town	Southern League	1
Cambridge City	Southern League	0
Corby Town	Southern League	0
Guildford City	Southern League	0
Kettering Town	Southern League	0
Scarborough	Midland League	0

Division One

Southern Football League
Division One
Season	1966–67
Champions	Dover
Promoted	Dover Hastings United Margate Stevenage Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1784 (3.23 per match)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Division One featured five new teams:

Banbury United, third in the West Midlands (Regional) League
Dartford, Margate, Rugby Town and Tonbridge, relegated from the Premier Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dover !Dover (C) (P)	46	29	12	5	92	35	2.629	70	Promotion to 1967–68 Southern League Premier Division
2	Hastings United !Hastings United (P)	46	31	7	8	127	54	2.352	69
3	Margate !Margate (P)	46	29	8	9	90	32	2.813	66
4	Stevenage Town !Stevenage Town (P)	46	25	16	5	89	45	1.978	66
5	Kettering Town !Kettering Town	46	27	9	10	105	62	1.694	63
6	Crawley Town !Crawley Town	46	26	8	12	81	48	1.688	60
7	Ramsgate Athletic !Ramsgate Athletic	46	23	8	15	79	62	1.274	54
8	Dartford !Dartford	46	19	15	12	92	67	1.373	53
9	Tonbridge !Tonbridge	46	21	10	15	91	69	1.319	52
10	Trowbridge Town !Trowbridge Town	46	20	12	14	73	60	1.217	52
11	Ashford Town !Ashford Town	46	18	8	20	74	68	1.088	44
12	Merthyr Tydfil !Merthyr Tydfil	46	17	9	20	81	71	1.141	43
13	Gloucester City !Gloucester City	46	18	6	22	69	83	0.831	42
14	Canterbury City !Canterbury City	46	17	8	21	57	75	0.76	42
15	Wisbech Town !Wisbech Town	46	16	9	21	87	93	0.935	41
16	Bexley United !Bexley United	46	13	15	18	53	69	0.768	41
17	Banbury United !Banbury United	46	13	14	19	88	100	0.88	40
18	Rugby Town !Rugby Town	46	15	7	24	57	77	0.74	37
19	Dunstable Town !Dunstable Town	46	14	6	26	55	87	0.632	34
20	Barry Town !Barry Town	46	11	11	24	62	89	0.697	33
21	Gravesend & Northfleet !Gravesend & Northfleet	46	11	9	26	63	106	0.594	31
22	Hinckley Athletic !Hinckley Athletic	46	10	8	28	44	100	0.44	28	Resigned from league at the end of the season
23	Tunbridge Wells Rangers !Tunbridge Wells Rangers	46	4	15	27	31	96	0.323	23	Club folded
24	Sittingbourne !Sittingbourne	46	5	10	31	44	136	0.324	20	Resigned from league at the end of the season

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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FA competitions

Football League

Football League (First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Lower leagues

European competitions

European Cup

Related to national team

Club seasons

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

Second Division	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bury Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Millwall Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Grimsby Town Mansfield Town Middlesbrough Oldham Athletic Orient Oxford United Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford Workington

Fourth Division	Aldershot Chesterfield Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Chester City Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Luton Town Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Southend United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

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