1957–58 Southern Football League

The 1957–58 Southern Football League season saw Gravesend & Northfleet win the championship.^[1] Six Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

The following season the league split into two divisions, a North-West Division and a South-East Division, with thirteen new clubs elected to make up the numbers.

Final table

After Llanelly left the league at the end of the previous season, Poole Town were elected from the Western League to replace them.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	27	5	10	109	71	1.54	59
2	Bedford Town	42	25	7	10	112	64	1.75	57
3	Chelmsford City	42	24	9	9	93	57	1.63	57
4	Weymouth	42	25	5	12	90	61	1.48	55
5	Worcester City	42	23	7	12	95	59	1.61	53
6	Cheltenham Town	42	21	10	11	115	66	1.74	52
7	Hereford United	42	21	6	15	79	56	1.41	48
8	Kettering Town	42	18	9	15	99	76	1.3	45
9	Headington United	42	18	7	17	90	83	1.08	43
10	Poole Town	42	17	9	16	82	81	1.01	43
11	Hastings United	42	13	15	14	78	77	1.01	41
12	Gloucester City	42	17	7	18	70	70	1	41
13	Yeovil Town	42	16	9	17	70	84	0.83	41
14	Dartford	42	14	9	19	66	92	0.72	37
15	Lovells Athletic	42	15	6	21	60	83	0.72	36
16	Bath City	42	13	9	20	65	64	1.02	35
17	Guildford City	42	12	10	20	58	92	0.63	34
18	Tonbridge	42	13	7	22	77	100	0.77	33
19	Exeter City II	42	12	8	22	60	94	0.63	32
20	Barry Town	42	11	9	22	72	101	0.71	31
21	Kidderminster Harriers	42	10	10	22	60	101	0.59	30
22	Merthyr Tydfil	42	9	3	30	69	137	0.50	21

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League elections

Six Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.^[2]

Club	League	Votes
Millwall	Football League	46
Exeter City	Football League	43
Southport	Football League	41
Crewe Alexandra	Football League	35
Peterborough United	Midland League	15
Wigan Athletic	Lancashire Combination	4
Hereford United	Southern League	3
Bedford Town	Southern League	2
Headington United	Southern League	2
King's Lynn	Midland League	2
Kettering Town	Southern League	1
Burton Albion	Birmingham & District League	0
Gloucester City	Southern League	0
Morecambe	Lancashire Combination	0
South Shields	North Eastern League	0
Yeovil Town	Southern League	0

References

Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Banbury United Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Burnham Cinderford Town Didcot Town Evesham United Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Marlow North Leigh Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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