2001–02 Southern Football League
Appearance
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.
Tables
Premier Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kettering Town | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 80 | 41 | 39 | 87 | Promoted to the 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 | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 61 | -23 | 48 | Relegated to Eastern and Western Divisions |
20 | King's Lynn | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 57 | -14 | 45 | |
21 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 53 | 71 | -18 | 44 | |
22 | Salisbury City | 42 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 87 | -51 | 26 |
Eastern Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
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1 | Hastings Town | 42 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 85 | 38 | 47 | 95 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Grantham Town | 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 | |
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 | 47 | One point deducted |
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 | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 56 | 84 | -28 | 41 | Relegated to the Eastern Counties League |
Western Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Halesowen Town | 40 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 85 | 24 | 61 | 90 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Chippenham Town | 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 | Dropped to the 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 | Folded, record expunged |