2009–10 Southern Football League

The 2009-10 season was the 106th in the history of the Southern League.

Contents

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured five new clubs:

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 the Conf North/South
2 Nuneaton Town (P) 42 26 10 6 91 37 +54 88 Qualification to the Playoffs
3 Chippenham Town 42 21 11 10 67 43 +24 74
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 67 −14 55
13 Oxford City 42 13 15 14 63 66 −3 54
14 Swindon Supermarine 42 10 14 18 48 76 −28 44
15 Didcot Town 42 10 11 21 56 70 −14 41
16 Evesham United 42 9 14 19 35 52 −17 41
17 Merthyr Tydfil 42 12 11 19 62 72 −10 037* Expelled after the end of the season, and folded
18 Bedford Town 42 9 10 23 50 88 −38 37
19 Tiverton Town 42 8 12 22 35 61 −26 036
20 Hemel Hempstead Town 42 8 10 24 50 81 −31 034
21 Clevedon Town (R) 42 6 11 25 48 92 −44 29 Relegation to the Division One Midlands/South & West
22 Rugby Town (R) 42 4 8 30 41 114 −73 20

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; (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; (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 \ Away1 BAN BAS BED BRA CAM CHI CLE DID EVE FAR HAL HED HEM LEA MER NUN OXC RUG STB SWS TIV TRU
Banbury United 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 3–1 0–1 0–0
Bashley 1–0 1–2 5–2 0–2 0–1 3–2 3–2 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–4 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–2 4–0 4–4 3–0 0–1 2–0
Bedford Town 1–1 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–5 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 5–0 0–2 2–4 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–2
Brackley Town 5–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 4–3
Cambridge City 2–1 2–2 4–2 5–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 6–1 5–0 1–1 0–3
Chippenham Town 5–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 6–1 4–2 1–5 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 4–2 2–1
Clevedon Town 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 1–4 3–3 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 4–1 2–6 0–1 0–3
Didcot Town 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 4–2 3–0 1–1 4–4 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1
Evesham United 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2
Farnborough 3–0 1–1 6–1 3–0 3–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1
Halesowen Town 0–2 3–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 3–3 5–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–2
Hednesford Town 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 4–3 4–2 1–1 0–3 4–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–3
Hemel Hempstead Town 2–3 0–1 5–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–5 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–2
Leamington 3–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–4 0–1 3–5 1–2 2–3 2–2 1–2 3–1 5–3 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 1–3
Merthyr Tydfil 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 4–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–3 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
Nuneaton Town 5–0 5–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0
Oxford City 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–4 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2
Rugby Town 0–2 2–3 1–4 1–4 0–3 0–0 4–4 4–3 0–0 0–4 0–3 1–6 2–2 1–4 1–4 0–3 4–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–1
Stourbridge 2–1 2–2 2–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 6–0 0–0 2–1 7–2
Swindon Supermarine 1–2 3–3 0–0 1–7 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–7 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–4 2–4 5–1 2–2 2–1 0–4
Tiverton Town 2–1 0–5 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–2
Truro City 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–5 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–0

Source: Southern Football League
1The 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

The Division One Midlands featured five new clubs for the 2009-10 season:

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 the Premier Division
2 Hitchin Town 42 31 7 4 91 36 +55 100 Qualification to the Playoffs
3 Burnham 42 26 9 7 67 43 +24 87
4 Chesham United (P) 42 24 8 10 76 41 +35 80
5 Slough Town 42 23 8 11 87 54 +33 77
6 Sutton Coldfield Town 42 22 11 9 93 61 +32 77 Transferred to the 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 the NPL Division One South
9 Arlesey Town 42 17 10 15 58 48 +10 61
10 Leighton Town 42 18 6 18 63 66 −3 60
11 Soham Town Rangers 42 17 7 18 73 80 −7 58
12 Biggleswade Town 42 14 13 15 56 63 −7 55
13 Atherstone Town 42 15 9 18 65 82 −17 54
14 A.F.C. Sudbury 42 13 12 17 55 54 +1 51
15 Marlow 42 12 14 16 64 65 −1 50
16 Bedworth United 42 12 11 19 59 72 −13 47
17 Stourport Swifts 42 11 10 21 63 69 −6 43
18 Rothwell Town 42 11 8 23 53 80 −27 041 Club resigned at the end of the season
19 Beaconsfield SYCOB 42 8 8 26 46 96 −50 32
20 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 8 15 19 45 68 −23 029*
21 Barton Rovers 42 6 9 27 49 95 −46 027
22 Aylesbury United (R) 42 4 6 32 48 133 −85 18 Relegation to the Level 9

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; (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; (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 \ Away1 SUD ARL ATH AYL BAR BEA BWU BIG BRO BNH BUR CSU HIT LTT MAR ROM RTH SLO SOH SPS SCT WFU
A.F.C. Sudbury 2–0 1–1 5–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1
Arlesey Town 1–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–4 1–1
Atherstone Town 0–2 2–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–6 3–3 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–5 4–2 2–0 3–2 3–2 2–0 0–1
Aylesbury United 0–4 2–1 3–4 0–1 3–3 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–4 0–1 3–4 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–5 2–5 0–4 1–1 0–4 0–4
Barton Rovers 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 5–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 3–6 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–3 1–2 0–4 2–5 1–2
Beaconsfield SYCOB 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–5 4–0 0–2 2–2 1–4 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–2 1–4 0–4 0–6 0–2 0–2
Bedworth United 2–2 1–3 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–3 2–4 2–5 4–0 2–4 3–1
Biggleswade Town 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–3 3–1
Bromsgrove Rovers 2–3 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–4 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–2
Burnham 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–5 1–0
Bury Town 3–1 3–1 3–1 6–2 8–2 5–1 6–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 5–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 4–5
Chesham United 3–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–3 3–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 4–1 3–0
Hitchin Town 1–0 4–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–0
Leighton Town 6–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–4 2–1 1–2 2–4
Marlow 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 0–0 2–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 6–1 2–2 2–4 0–1
Romulus 0–1 0–0 1–2 5–0 0–0 7–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–0
Rothwell Town 1–0 1–0 2–3 5–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–7 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–3 1–3 1–3 4–2 0–3 0–3 0–0
Slough Town 0–1 1–2 3–3 5–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–0
Soham Town Rangers 0–1 2–0 1–3 5–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–4 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–4
Stourport Swifts 1–1 0–1 1–3 5–4 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–4 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–0 3–4
Sutton Coldfield Town 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–2 1–1 3–1 3–4 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 6–0 1–1 2–1
Woodford United 3–2 2–2 1–0 6–1 1–0 3–1 2–5 1–1 4–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–3 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1

Source: Southern Football League
1The 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

The Division One Midlands featured six new clubs for the 2009-10 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 the Premier Division
2 A.F.C. Totton 42 32 4 6 105 36 +69 100 Qualification to the 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
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 64 0 58
12 Thatcham Town 42 17 6 19 76 72 +4 57
13 Yate Town 42 15 10 17 58 64 −6 55
14 Abingdon United 42 15 7 20 65 84 −19 52
15 Uxbridge 42 14 6 22 70 85 −15 48
16 Cinderford Town 42 13 8 21 66 78 −12 47
17 Bedfont Green 42 12 8 22 77 90 −13 44
18 Taunton Town 42 11 7 24 50 85 −35 40
19 Andover 42 9 11 22 54 85 −31 38
20 Hungerford Town 42 13 6 23 53 68 −15 033**
21 A.F.C. Hayes 42 7 4 31 55 105 −50 025
22 Bracknell Town (R) 42 2 0 40 29 187 −158 6 Relegation to the Level 9

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; (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; (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 \ Away1 ABI HAY TOT AND BFG BIS BNT BRI CIN CIR FRM GOS HUN MAN NLH PAU TAU THA UXB VT W&E YAT
Abingdon United 2–1 0–4 4–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–5 0–1 1–4 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 7–4 1–0 0–2 1–2
A.F.C. Hayes 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 4–2 7–1 0–2 4–3 1–6 2–3 0–1 0–4 0–5 4–6 0–1 1–5 1–2 0–4 2–1 1–2 1–4
A.F.C. Totton 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 9–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 8–1 5–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–0
Andover 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–4 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–0 0–5 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–0
Bedfont Green 5–3 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 8–0 0–4 0–0 2–2 1–4 1–5 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 4–5 2–3 3–4 0–2 2–3
Bishop's Cleeve 2–2 3–1 1–4 2–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 4–1 3–2 5–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 2–0 2–2
Bracknell Town 0–2 0–7 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–4 2–5 2–7 0–4 2–3 2–3 0–2 0–3 0–9 0–3 2–1 2–6 1–3 2–0 1–5 0–4
Bridgwater Town 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Cinderford Town 2–5 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 0–8 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–4 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 5–0 2–3 0–1 4–0
Cirencester Town 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–2 5–2 1–2 11–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–0
Frome Town 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0
Gosport Borough 4–2 2–1 0–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 6–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
Hungerford Town 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–5 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 4–1
Mangotsfield United 0–2 1–0 1–2 4–3 3–2 2–2 9–0 2–2 3–1 0–3 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–0
North Leigh 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–4 1–3 8–0 0–4 4–2 2–1 4–0 5–1 2–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–0
Paulton Rovers 3–1 3–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–4 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 4–6 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–1
Taunton Town 4–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–1 0–2 2–3 3–2 0–4 0–1 0–1
Thatcham Town 4–0 5–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–0 3–1
Uxbridge 5–1 2–0 3–4 2–0 4–3 0–1 3–1 2–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–4 0–2 4–4 0–1 2–2
VT 7–0 5–0 0–3 2–2 4–0 3–1 4–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–4 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–2
Windsor & Eton 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 6–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–1
Yate Town 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 4–2 4–0 2–2 2–1 4–2 1–1 0–3 0–2

Source: Southern Football League
1The 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