1966–67 Southern Football League

The 1966–67 Southern Football League season was the 64th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Romford won the championship, winning their first Southern League title, whilst Barnet, Bath City, Burton Albion and Hillingdon Borough were all promoted to the Premier Division. Twelve Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season1966–67
ChampionsRomford
RelegatedBath City
Bedford Town
Folkestone Town
Worcester City
Matches played462
Goals scored1,457 (3.15 per match)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Romford 42 22 8 12 80 60 1.333 52
2 Nuneaton Borough 42 21 9 12 82 54 1.519 51
3 Weymouth 42 18 14 10 64 40 1.600 50
4 Wimbledon 42 19 11 12 88 60 1.467 49
5 Barnet 42 18 13 11 86 66 1.303 49
6 Guildford City 42 19 10 13 65 51 1.275 48
7 Wellington Town 42 20 7 15 70 67 1.045 47
8 Cambridge United 42 16 13 13 75 67 1.119 45
9 Chelmsford City 42 15 15 12 66 59 1.119 45
10 King's Lynn 42 15 14 13 78 72 1.083 44
11 Hereford United 42 16 12 14 79 61 1.295 44
12 Cambridge City 42 15 13 14 66 70 0.943 43
13 Cheltenham Town 42 16 11 15 60 71 0.845 43
14 Yeovil Town 42 14 14 14 66 72 0.917 42
15 Burton Albion 42 17 5 20 63 71 0.887 39
16 Corby Town 42 15 9 18 60 75 0.800 39
17 Poole Town 42 14 11 17 52 65 0.800 39
18 Hillingdon Borough 42 11 13 18 49 70 0.700 35
19 Bath City 42 11 12 19 51 74 0.689 34 Relegated to Division One
20 Worcester City 42 11 8 23 59 79 0.747 30
21 Bedford Town 42 8 13 21 54 72 0.750 29
22 Folkestone Town 42 6 15 21 44 81 0.543 27
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Division One

Division One consisted of 24 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

At the end of the season Hinckley Athletic and Sittingbourne resigned from the Southern Football League, while Tunbridge Wells Rangers folded.

League table

Southern Football League
Division One
Season1966–67
ChampionsDover
PromotedDover
Hastings United
Margate
Stevenage Town
Matches played552
Goals scored1,784 (3.23 per match)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dover 46 29 12 5 92 35 2.629 70 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Hastings United 46 31 7 8 127 54 2.352 69
3 Margate 46 29 8 9 90 32 2.813 66
4 Stevenage Town 46 25 16 5 89 45 1.978 66
5 Kettering Town 46 27 9 10 105 62 1.694 63
6 Crawley Town 46 26 8 12 81 48 1.688 60
7 Ramsgate Athletic 46 23 8 15 79 62 1.274 54
8 Dartford 46 19 15 12 92 67 1.373 53
9 Tonbridge 46 21 10 15 91 69 1.319 52
10 Trowbridge Town 46 20 12 14 73 60 1.217 52
11 Ashford Town (Kent) 46 18 8 20 74 68 1.088 44
12 Merthyr Tydfil 46 17 9 20 81 71 1.141 43
13 Gloucester City 46 18 6 22 69 83 0.831 42
14 Canterbury City 46 17 8 21 57 75 0.760 42
15 Wisbech Town 46 16 9 21 87 93 0.935 41
16 Bexley United 46 13 15 18 53 69 0.768 41
17 Banbury United 46 13 14 19 88 100 0.880 40
18 Rugby Town 46 15 7 24 57 77 0.740 37
19 Dunstable Town 46 14 6 26 55 87 0.632 34
20 Barry Town 46 11 11 24 62 89 0.697 33
21 Gravesend & Northfleet 46 11 9 26 63 106 0.594 31
22 Hinckley Athletic 46 10 8 28 44 100 0.440 28 Resigned to the West Midlands (Regional) League
23 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 46 4 15 27 31 96 0.323 23 Club folded
24 Sittingbourne 46 5 10 31 44 136 0.324 20 Resigned to the Kent League
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 14 non-League clubs applied for election, including twelve 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

References

  1. ^ A history of admission to the Football League