2001–02 Southern Football League

The 2001–02 Southern Football League season saw Kettering Town win the Premier Division to earn promotion to the Football Conference.^[1] Newport IOW, King's Lynn, Merthyr Tydfil and Salisbury City were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst Hastings Town, Halesowen Town, Grantham Town and Chippenham Town were promoted from the Eastern and Western Divisions, the former two as champions. Wisbech Town were relegated to the eighth level and Bilston Town resigned and dropped to the eleventh level, whilst Bloxwich United of the Western Division folded during the season and their record was expunged.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division

Season	2001–02
Champions	Kettering Town
Promoted	Kettering Town
Relegated	Newport IOW King's Lynn Merthyr Tydfil Salisbury City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1341 (2.9 per match)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

• Chelmsford City, promoted as runners-up from Division One East
• Hednesford Town, relegated from the Conference
• Hinckley United, promoted as champions from Division One West
• Kettering Town, relegated from the Conference
• Newport IOW, promoted as champions from Division One East
• Tiverton Town, promoted as runners-up from Division One West

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kettering Town (C) (P)	42	27	6	9	80	41	+39	87	Promotion to Football Conference
2	Tamworth	42	24	13	5	81	41	+40	85
3	Havant & Waterlooville	42	22	9	11	74	50	+24	75
4	Crawley Town	42	22	9	11	67	47	+20	75
5	Newport County	42	19	9	14	61	48	+13	66
6	Tiverton Town	42	17	10	15	70	63	+7	61
7	Moor Green	42	18	7	17	64	62	+2	61
8	Worcester City	42	16	12	14	65	54	+11	60
9	Stafford Rangers	42	17	9	16	70	62	+8	60
10	Ilkeston Town	42	14	16	12	58	61	−3	58
11	Weymouth	42	15	11	16	59	67	−8	56
12	Hinckley United	42	14	13	15	64	62	+2	55
13	Folkestone Invicta	42	14	12	16	51	61	−10	54
14	Cambridge City	42	12	16	14	60	70	−10	52
15	Welling United	42	13	12	17	69	66	+3	51
16	Hednesford Town	42	15	6	21	59	70	−11	51
17	Bath City	42	13	11	18	56	65	−9	50
18	Chelmsford City	42	13	11	18	63	75	−12	50
19	Newport IOW (R)	42	12	12	18	38	61	−23	48	Relegation to Division One East/West
20	King's Lynn (R)	42	11	12	19	43	57	−14	45
21	Merthyr Tydfil (R)	42	12	8	22	53	71	−18	44
22	Salisbury City (R)	42	6	8	28	36	87	−51	26

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2001.
Source:
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.

Division One East

Southern Football League
Division One East

Season	2001–02
Champions	Hastings Town
Promoted	Hastings Town Grantham Town
Relegated	Wisbech Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1442 (3.12 per match)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Division One East featured four new teams:

• Chatham Town, promoted from the Kent Football League
• Dorchester Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Fisher Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division
• Rugby United, transferred from Division One West

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hastings Town (C) (P)	42	29	8	5	85	38	+47	95	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Grantham Town (P)	42	29	6	7	99	43	+56	93
3	Dorchester Town	42	26	10	6	81	36	+45	88
4	Histon	42	23	8	11	83	49	+34	77
5	Stamford	42	24	4	14	76	61	+15	76
6	Fisher Athletic	42	20	10	12	83	56	+27	70
7	Eastbourne Borough	42	21	6	15	63	46	+17	69
8	Dartford	42	18	5	19	62	66	−4	59
9	Erith & Belvedere	42	18	3	21	75	79	−4	57
10	Bashley	42	15	11	16	71	63	+8	56
11	Burnham	42	15	10	17	52	54	−2	55
12	Rugby United	42	16	6	20	55	67	−12	54	Transferred to Division One West
13	Rothwell Town	42	14	8	20	45	66	−21	50
14	Ashford Town	42	14	6	22	58	78	−20	48
15	Banbury United	42	13	9	20	53	66	−13	047^*
16	Chatham Town	42	13	8	21	56	87	−31	47
17	Sittingbourne	42	14	4	24	46	69	−23	46
18	Spalding United	42	13	6	23	72	84	−12	45
19	Tonbridge Angels	42	13	6	23	65	80	−15	45
20	St. Leonards	42	14	3	25	52	88	−36	45
21	Corby Town	42	10	13	19	54	82	−28	43
22	Wisbech Town (R)	42	11	8	23	56	84	−28	41	Relegation to Eastern Counties Football League

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2001.
Source:
^*Banbury United deducted one point
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.

Division One West

Southern Football League
Division One West

Season	2001–02
Champions	Halesowen Town
Promoted	Halesowen Town Chippenham Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1237 (2.95 per match)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Division One West featured five new teams:

• Chippenham Town, promoted from the Western Football League
• Clevedon Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Halesowen Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Stourport Swifts, promoted from the Midland Football Alliance
• Swindon Supermarine, promoted from the Hellenic Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Halesowen Town (C) (P)	40	27	9	4	85	24	+61	90	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Chippenham Town (P)	40	26	9	5	81	28	+53	87
3	Weston-super-Mare	40	22	10	8	70	38	+32	76
4	Solihull Borough	40	20	11	9	75	42	+33	71
5	Gresley Rovers	40	19	9	12	59	50	+9	66
6	Sutton Coldfield Town	40	17	11	12	53	46	+7	62
7	Mangotsfield United	40	17	10	13	74	54	+20	61
8	Stourport Swifts	40	18	6	16	59	59	0	60
9	Atherstone United	40	16	8	16	61	59	+2	56
10	Clevedon Town	40	15	11	14	57	58	−1	56
11	Bedworth United	40	16	7	17	59	63	−4	55
12	Evesham United	40	16	7	17	54	70	−16	55
13	Cirencester Town	40	17	3	20	64	69	−5	54
14	Gloucester City	40	14	10	16	48	63	−15	52
15	Cinderford Town	40	14	9	17	54	67	−13	51
16	Shepshed Dynamo	40	10	10	20	64	84	−20	40
17	Bilston Town	40	11	7	22	50	72	−22	40	Resigned to West Midlands (Regional) League Division One
18	Redditch United	40	11	6	23	47	77	−30	39
19	Swindon Supermarine	40	11	4	25	52	76	−24	37
20	Racing Club Warwick	40	8	11	21	38	63	−25	35
21	Rocester	40	5	12	23	33	75	−42	27
22	Bloxwich United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club folded

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2002.
Source:
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.

References

1. England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF