2009–10 Southern Football League

The 2009–10 season was the 107th in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League Premier Division
Season 2009–10
Champions Farnborough
Promoted Farnborough
Nuneaton Town
Relegated Clevedon Town
Rugby Town
Merthyr Tydfil
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1439 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Stefan Moore (Halesowen Town) - 35
Biggest home win

Hednesford Town 6 – 0 Rugby Town, 5 April 2010

Stourbridge 6 – 0 Rugby Town, 17 April 2010
Biggest away win Swindon Supermarine 0 – 7 Farnborough, 28 November 2009
Highest scoring Stourbridge 7 – 0 Truro City, 5 December 2009
Highest attendance 1765 (Nuneaton Town 1 – 1 Farnborough, 10 April 2010)
Lowest attendance 80 (Clevedon Town 1 – 2 Oxford City, 20 April 2010)
Average attendance 348

A total of 22 teams contest the division, including 17 sides from last season, four clubs promoted from Division Ones plus one club who had been transferred from the Northern Premier League:

Farnborough won the Southern League Premier and were promoted to Conference South, while play-off winners Nuneaton Town achieved the second promotion in two seasons after club reorganization to return in Conference.

Clevedon Town and Rugby Town were the only clubs relegated this season, while Merthyr Tydfil were liquidated and reborn under the name Merthyr Town three divisions below Southern League Premier Division. Thus, two clubs, Tiverton Town and Hemel Hempstead Town were reprieved from relegation.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Farnborough (C) (P) 42 28 9 5 100 44+56 93 Promotion to Conference South
2 Nuneaton Town (P) 42 26 10 6 91 37+54 88 Qualification for playoffs, then promoted to the Conference North
3 Chippenham Town 42 21 11 10 67 43+24 74 Qualification for playoffs
4 Hednesford Town 42 20 13 9 79 51+28 73
5 Brackley Town 42 21 9 12 83 61+22 72
6 Cambridge City 42 18 17 7 73 44+29 71
7 Bashley 42 20 11 11 79 61+18 71
8 Halesowen Town 42 21 17 4 84 53+31 070*
9 Stourbridge 42 19 13 10 80 65+15 70
10 Leamington 42 19 8 15 84 75+9 65
11 Truro City 42 17 11 14 78 65+13 62
12 Banbury United 42 14 13 15 53 6714 55
13 Oxford City 42 13 15 14 63 663 54
14 Swindon Supermarine 42 10 14 18 48 7628 44
15 Didcot Town 42 10 11 21 56 7014 41
16 Evesham United 42 9 14 19 35 5217 41
17 Merthyr Tydfil 42 12 11 19 62 7210 037* Expelled after the end of the season, and folded
18 Bedford Town 42 9 10 23 50 8838 37
19 Tiverton Town 42 8 12 22 35 6126 36 Reprieved from relegation †
20 Hemel Hempstead Town 42 8 10 24 50 8131 34
21 Clevedon Town (R) 42 6 11 25 48 9244 29 Relegation to Division One South & West
22 Rugby Town (R) 42 4 8 30 41 11473 20 Relegation to Division One Central

Updated to games played on 17 May 2010.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Merthyr Tydfil and Halesowen Town deducted 10 points for entering administration
Tiverton Town reprieved from relegation.
Merthyr Tydfil were later expelled from the league after failing to meet a FA deadline to give assurances that they could trade effectively during 2010–11.[1]
Hemel Hempstead Town were thus reprieved from relegation.
(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.

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
2 Nuneaton Town 6
5 Brackley Town 0
2 Nuneaton Town 2
3 Chippenham Town 1
3 Chippenham Town 2
4 Hednesford Town 0

Results

Home ╲ Away BAN BAS BEDBRKCAMCHICLEDIDEVEFARHALHEDHEMLEAMERNUNOXCRUGSTBSWITIVTRU
Banbury United 11 00 03 10 00 43 10 01 03 21 32 11 12 31 21 11 21 33 31 01 00
Bashley 10 12 52 02 01 32 32 21 04 12 04 30 11 32 21 32 40 44 30 01 20
Bedford Town 11 04 22 02 12 31 15 12 22 11 32 50 02 24 21 11 31 01 12 20 02
Brackley Town 51 23 30 00 01 21 22 31 13 21 01 20 10 10 00 12 31 32 12 20 43
Cambridge City 21 22 42 50 10 41 41 11 11 11 03 11 22 11 11 20 10 61 50 11 03
Chippenham Town 50 12 30 23 21 20 20 21 20 11 01 61 42 15 21 20 10 22 01 42 21
Clevedon Town 12 02 03 03 01 00 11 14 14 33 03 10 13 11 03 12 13 41 26 01 03
Didcot Town 00 11 22 01 03 02 01 02 12 12 01 21 42 30 11 44 31 01 02 11 11
Evesham United 32 00 00 13 31 00 00 01 12 00 00 02 01 11 12 00 10 11 01 22 02
Farnborough 30 11 61 30 33 31 21 10 31 41 21 30 31 31 02 21 41 12 20 21 31
Halesowen Town 02 32 41 11 11 20 22 31 10 11 22 10 30 11 32 33 51 21 20 11 32
Hednesford Town 00 10 21 14 22 11 00 12 21 40 22 43 42 11 03 42 60 11 00 21 23
Hemel Hempstead Town 23 01 51 11 23 01 11 12 20 11 35 22 02 31 13 21 10 22 31 02 02
Leamington 33 01 20 21 10 44 01 35 12 23 22 12 31 53 02 31 21 21 31 50 13
Merthyr Tydfil 32 21 00 21 01 21 23 42 21 00 02 12 12 23 13 23 11 21 10 11 12
Nuneaton Town 50 52 40 22 11 01 42 20 20 11 11 31 31 11 31 31 11 00 10 10 40
Oxford City 11 11 41 23 01 00 12 11 30 11 22 20 22 11 22 14 30 13 21 10 22
Rugby Town 02 23 14 14 03 00 44 43 00 04 03 16 22 14 14 03 40 12 00 32 11
Stourbridge 21 22 20 42 31 10 41 10 00 32 14 11 20 21 20 12 02 60 00 21 72
Swindon Supermarine 12 33 00 17 11 11 32 11 11 07 12 00 10 23 11 24 24 51 22 21 04
Tiverton Town 21 05 20 11 00 00 00 12 01 02 02 02 00 23 01 12 10 31 22 00 12
Truro City 11 11 51 11 11 35 22 21 12 23 12 12 31 22 31 02 01 41 41 00 20

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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Locations

Division One Midlands

Southern Football League Division One Central
Season 2009–10
Champions Bury Town
Promoted Bury Town
Chesham United
Relegated Aylesbury United
Rothwell Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1462 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer Jamie Arlick (Hitchin Town) - 29
Biggest home win

Sutton Coldfield Town 6 – 0 Soham Town Rangers, 5 December 2009
Bury Town 8 – 2 Barton Rovers, 8 December 2009
Romulus 7 – 1 Beaconsfield SYCOB, 13 February 2009

Bury Town 6 – 0 Bedworth United, 13 February 2009
Biggest away win Rothwell Town 0 – 7 Biggleswade Town, 13 April 2010
Highest scoring

Leighton Town 6 – 4 AFC Sudbury, 26 September 2009

Bury Town 8 – 2 Barton Rovers, 8 December 2009
Highest attendance 1550 (Bury Town 3 – 0 Marlow, 24 April 2010)
Lowest attendance 40 (Woodford United 1 – 3 Burnham, 2 March 2010)
Average attendance 167

Division contest 22 sides, including 17 teams from previous season, one team promoted from Spartan South Midlands League, one team relegated from Premier Division and three teams transferred from Division One South & West:

Bury Town won the division in its second season in Southern League and returned to Isthmian League to take a place in Premier Division, while play-off winners Chesham United went back to Southern League Premier Division after three seasons of absence. Aylesbury United finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the lower leagues along with Rothwell United resigned from the league at the end of the season. Thus, Barton Rovers finished second bottom were reprieved from relegation.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bury Town (C) (P) 42 32 6 4 115 40+75 102 Promotion to IL Division One North
2 Hitchin Town 42 31 7 4 91 36+55 100 Qualification for playoffs
3 Burnham 42 26 9 7 67 43+24 87
4 Chesham United (P) 42 24 8 10 76 41+35 80 Qualification for playoffs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5 Slough Town 42 23 8 11 87 54+33 77 Qualification for playoffs
6 Sutton Coldfield Town 42 22 11 9 93 61+32 77 Transferred to NPL Division One South
7 Woodford United 42 18 8 16 70 68+2 62
8 Romulus 42 16 13 13 66 48+18 61 Transferred to NPL Division One South
9 Arlesey Town 42 17 10 15 58 48+10 61
10 Leighton Town 42 18 6 18 63 663 60
11 Soham Town Rangers 42 17 7 18 73 807 58
12 Biggleswade Town 42 14 13 15 56 637 55
13 Atherstone Town 42 15 9 18 65 8217 54
14 A.F.C. Sudbury 42 13 12 17 55 54+1 51 Transferred to IL Division One North
15 Marlow 42 12 14 16 64 651 50
16 Bedworth United 42 12 11 19 59 7213 47
17 Stourport Swifts 42 11 10 21 63 696 43 Transferred to the Division One South & West
18 Rothwell Town 42 11 8 23 53 8027 041 Resigned at the end of the season
19 Beaconsfield SYCOB 42 8 8 26 46 9650 32
20 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 8 15 19 45 6823 029* Transferred to the Division One South & West
21 Barton Rovers 42 6 9 27 49 9546 27 Reprieved from relegation †
22 Aylesbury United (R) 42 4 6 32 48 13385 18 Relegation to Spartan South Midlands League

Updated to games played on 17 May 2010.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Bromsgrove Rovers deducted 10 points for entering administration
Rothwell Town resigned from the league after the end of the season.[2] and Barton Rovers were reprieved.
(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.

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
2 Hitchin Town 1
5 Slough Town 2
4 Chesham United 4
5 Slough Town 0
3 Burnham 0
4 Chesham United 1

Results

Home ╲ Away SUD ARL ATHAYLBARBEABWUBIGBROBURBURCHEHITLEIMARROMRTHSLOSOHSPSSUTWFU
A.F.C. Sudbury 20 11 52 01 02 00 01 30 12 02 41 02 00 23 11 00 12 22 21 12 11
Arlesey Town 11 20 41 50 30 00 10 00 01 10 13 12 20 02 20 40 12 31 10 14 11
Atherstone Town 02 24 22 21 12 10 11 20 13 36 33 12 01 03 15 42 20 32 32 20 01
Aylesbury United 04 21 34 01 33 12 13 10 12 04 01 34 13 22 12 25 25 04 11 04 04
Barton Rovers 20 11 23 11 12 52 22 22 01 13 02 36 21 11 02 12 33 12 04 25 12
Beaconsfield SYCOB 00 12 40 12 25 40 02 22 14 12 14 11 20 10 14 02 14 04 06 02 02
Bedworth United 22 13 40 22 20 10 40 11 01 22 21 11 12 41 01 13 24 25 40 24 31
Biggleswade Town 00 32 10 31 21 11 10 11 21 03 11 03 10 23 01 04 10 10 22 33 31
Bromsgrove Rovers 23 12 11 50 10 31 11 11 22 04 00 01 04 20 22 10 11 02 21 01 12
Burnham 12 00 22 10 21 20 20 21 30 12 21 00 11 22 00 20 11 30 21 15 10
Bury Town 31 31 31 62 82 51 60 21 10 23 11 00 50 30 50 31 10 21 31 22 45
Chesham United 32 00 30 20 30 10 01 30 20 01 11 20 12 32 03 30 10 23 30 41 30
Hitchin Town 10 41 21 51 30 41 10 10 11 40 10 12 30 30 20 40 32 12 21 32 30
Leighton Town 64 21 11 21 30 11 20 31 12 30 02 21 22 12 10 21 01 44 21 12 24
Marlow 20 11 11 40 10 30 33 00 24 01 12 11 11 02 12 10 01 61 22 24 01
Romulus 01 00 12 50 00 71 20 11 21 01 12 01 23 40 00 11 14 10 00 23 00
Rothwell Town 10 10 23 50 22 22 01 07 20 12 00 12 01 01 33 13 13 42 03 03 00
Slough Town 01 12 33 51 51 31 20 42 32 02 01 13 01 31 11 22 41 20 32 22 10
Soham Town Rangers 01 20 13 51 32 23 22 32 00 11 03 14 32 21 21 00 42 02 10 01 44
Stourport Swifts 11 01 13 54 20 00 20 00 51 14 12 11 01 20 21 24 11 14 12 10 34
Sutton Coldfield Town 02 10 12 02 11 21 11 52 11 31 34 21 13 32 22 22 30 22 60 11 21
Woodford United 32 22 10 61 10 31 25 11 41 13 02 02 13 21 23 32 12 01 10 12 11

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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Division One South & West

Southern Football League Division One South & West
Season 2009–10
Champions Windsor & Eton
Promoted Windsor & Eton
Cirencester Town
Relegated Bracknell Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1551 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer Justin Bennett (Gosport Borough) - 32
Biggest home win Cirencester Town 11 – 1 Bracknell Town, 17 April 2010
Biggest away win Bracknell Town 0 – 9 North Leigh, 23 March 2010
Highest scoring Cirencester Town 11 – 1 Bracknell Town, 17 April 2010
Highest attendance 1016 (Bridgwater Town 1 – 0 Taunton Town, 1 January 2010)
Lowest attendance

28 (Bedfont Green 0 – 2 North Leigh, 13 April 2010)

(Bracknell Town 0 – 4 Bishops Cleeve, 22 April 2010)
Average attendance 138

Division contest 22 sides, including 16 teams from previous season, two teams relegated from Premier Division and four teams promoted from feeder leagues:

Windsor & Eton won the division and got a place in Premier Division along with play-off winners Cirencester Town, who returned there at the second push. A.F.C. Hayes finished second bottom but were reprieved from relegation due to higher league clubs problems. Thus, Bracknell Town, finished bottom of the table, were the only team relegated to the lower league this season.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Windsor & Eton (C) (P) 42 31 8 3 84 20+64 101 Promotion to Premier Division
2 A.F.C. Totton 42 32 4 6 105 36+69 100 Qualification for playoffs
3 Bridgwater Town 42 26 11 5 83 30+53 89
4 VT 42 25 7 10 90 52+38 82
5 Cirencester Town (P) 42 23 9 10 91 46+45 78 Qualification for playoffs, then promoted to the Premier Division
6 Frome Town 42 20 15 7 68 44+24 75
7 Paulton Rovers 42 20 10 12 73 58+15 70
8 Gosport Borough 42 19 10 13 80 59+21 066*
9 Mangotsfield United 42 19 5 18 77 66+11 62
10 North Leigh 42 18 7 17 83 72+11 61
11 Bishop's Cleeve 42 15 13 14 64 640 58
12 Thatcham Town 42 17 6 19 76 72+4 57
13 Yate Town 42 15 10 17 58 646 55
14 Abingdon United 42 15 7 20 65 8419 52
15 Uxbridge 42 14 6 22 70 8515 48 Transferred to the Division One Central
16 Cinderford Town 42 13 8 21 66 7812 47
17 Bedfont Green 42 12 8 22 77 9013 44 Transferred to the Division One Central
18 Taunton Town 42 11 7 24 50 8535 40
19 Andover 42 9 11 22 54 8531 38
20 Hungerford Town 42 13 6 23 53 6815 033**
21 A.F.C. Hayes 42 7 4 31 55 10550 25 Reprieved from relegation †, then transferred to the Division One Central
22 Bracknell Town (R) 42 2 0 40 29 187158 6 Relegation to Hellenic League

Updated to games played on 17 May 2010.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Gosport Borough deducted 1 point for fielding ineligible players
**Hungerford Town deducted 12 points for fielding ineligible player
AFC Hayes were reprieved from relegation.
(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.

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
2 A.F.C. Totton 2
5 Cirencester Town 3
3 Bridgwater Town 3
5 Cirencester Town 4*
3 Bridgwater Town 3
4 VT 0

* after extra time

Results

Home ╲ Away ABI HAY TOTANDBFGBISBNTBRICINCIRFROGOSHUNMANNORPAUTAUTHAUXBVTW&EYAT
Abingdon United 21 04 41 20 11 40 00 11 11 05 01 14 32 31 01 30 20 74 10 02 12
A.F.C. Hayes 12 02 31 11 42 71 02 43 16 23 01 04 05 46 01 15 12 04 21 12 14
A.F.C. Totton 21 50 20 21 40 90 00 40 21 10 41 31 21 31 01 81 51 21 13 00 30
Andover 12 32 10 21 11 53 01 00 00 22 02 04 12 01 22 30 05 21 03 02 10
Bedfont Green 53 21 12 33 12 80 04 00 22 14 15 32 31 02 12 13 45 23 34 02 23
Bishop's Cleeve 22 31 14 22 03 10 21 22 01 02 22 41 32 52 12 11 10 42 01 20 22
Bracknell Town 02 07 12 03 01 04 25 27 04 23 23 02 03 09 03 21 26 13 20 15 04
Bridgwater Town 11 30 13 30 01 20 50 20 23 22 21 10 21 11 31 10 21 10 11 21 10
Cinderford Town 25 11 20 21 01 30 41 08 21 11 22 24 31 21 13 01 20 50 23 01 40
Cirencester Town 32 31 01 32 52 12 111 00 31 10 33 31 22 21 11 50 00 12 32 12 20
Frome Town 31 31 11 11 31 21 40 13 10 32 11 21 20 21 00 21 13 31 22 11 00
Gosport Borough 42 21 02 40 22 11 60 02 42 20 00 30 40 12 41 22 30 21 01 00 20
Hungerford Town 22 01 01 42 03 00 21 00 10 13 00 11 12 01 15 21 12 21 01 03 41
Mangotsfield United 02 10 12 43 32 22 90 22 31 03 20 30 02 31 12 40 10 10 01 04 10
North Leigh 11 11 02 31 14 13 80 04 42 21 40 51 20 23 31 20 31 11 22 03 20
Paulton Rovers 31 31 23 20 12 00 51 11 31 02 01 24 10 22 01 20 46 13 30 00 11
Taunton Town 40 11 33 22 22 21 21 02 10 04 03 10 00 03 31 02 23 32 04 01 01
Thatcham Town 40 52 12 13 11 02 50 14 10 11 11 23 21 01 22 01 21 31 13 00 31
Uxbridge 51 20 34 20 43 01 31 23 03 21 03 30 01 21 11 22 24 02 44 01 22
VT 70 50 03 22 40 31 41 02 22 00 30 21 31 31 20 24 21 20 20 03 32
Windsor & Eton 20 10 10 32 10 21 60 11 50 01 00 21 51 11 31 40 21 21 50 10 21
Yate Town 10 10 32 11 33 11 21 10 01 01 00 23 21 42 40 22 21 42 11 03 02

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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

References

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