2012–13 Southern Football League

The 2012–13 season was the 110th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. From the previous season onwards, the Southern League was known as The Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.

Due to Step Three leagues increasing their number of teams from 22 to 24 from the 2013–14 season onwards, only two clubs were relegated from the Premier Division, and only one club was relegated from each of Division One Central and South & West this season.[1]

Premier Division

Southern Football League Premier Division
Season 2012–13
Champions Leamington
Promoted Leamington
Gosport Borough
Relegated Bedworth United
Kettering Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1409 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer John Frendo (Hitchin Town) - 31
Biggest home win Gosport Borough 7 – 0 Kettering Town, 15 December 2012
Stourbridge 8 – 1 Banbury United, 18 September 2012
Biggest away win Kettering Town 0 – 7 Bashley, 6 October 2012
Highest scoring Hemel Hempstead Town 8 – 2 Hitchin Town, 15 December 2012
Highest attendance 1027 (Leamington 2–1 St. Albans City, 27 April 2013)
Lowest attendance 80 (Arlesey Town 3–0 Redditch United, 26 March 2013)
Average attendance 312

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

Hinckley United and Maidenhead United were originally relegated to this division from the Conference North/South, but were reprieved after the relegation of Darlington and the resignation of Kettering Town from the Conference National.[2][3] Darlington were relegated to the Northern League, and Kettering applied to join the Southern League, allowing for a further reprieve for Hemel Hempstead Town.[4]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Leamington (C) (P) 42 30 5 7 85 46+39 95 Promotion to Conference North
2 Stourbridge 42 25 8 9 94 42+52 83 Qualification to playoffs
3 Chesham United 42 21 12 9 69 48+21 75
4 Hemel Hempstead Town 42 22 6 14 95 71+24 72
5 Gosport Borough (P) 42 19 13 10 78 43+35 70 Qualification to playoffs, then promoted to the Conference South
6 Arlesey Town 42 21 6 15 70 51+19 69
7 Barwell 42 19 12 11 67 50+17 69 Transferred to NPL Premier Division
8 Cambridge City 42 20 6 16 63 57+6 66
9 Weymouth 42 18 8 16 59 7112 62
10 Bedford Town 42 18 7 17 61 56+5 61
11 St Albans City 42 18 6 18 81 71+10 60
12 St Neots Town 42 15 7 20 77 770 52
13 Hitchin Town 42 15 7 20 62 686 52
14 A.F.C. Totton 42 15 7 20 62 8422 52
15 Chippenham Town 42 13 12 17 63 674 51
16 Banbury United 42 14 9 19 60 7515 51
17 Bashley 42 13 10 19 47 6316 49
18 Frome Town 42 11 12 19 40 5515 45
19 Redditch United 42 12 7 23 32 6533 43
20 Bideford 42 11 9 22 58 7315 42
21 Bedworth United (R) 42 11 9 22 39 7334 42 Relegation to NPL Division One South
22 Kettering Town (R) 42 8 8 26 47 10255 022* Relegation to Division One Central

Updated to games played on 30 April 2013.
Source: Southern Football League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Kettering Town deducted 10 points for financial irregularities.
(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 Stourbridge 1
5 Gosport Borough 2
4 Hemel Hempstead Town 2 (4)
5 Gosport Borough 2 (5)
3 Chesham United 0
4 Hemel Hempstead Town 2

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Kettering Town Nene Park 6,441
Weymouth Bob Lucas Stadium 6,600
Chesham United The Meadow 3,000
Redditch United The Valley 5,000
Gosport Borough Privett Park 4,500[5]
St Albans City Clarence Park 4,500
Bashley The Recreation Ground 4,250
Bedford Town The New Eyrie 4,000
Hitchin Town Top Field 4,000
Hemel Hempstead Town Vauxhall Road 3,152
A.F.C. Totton Testwood Stadium 3,000
Bedworth United The Oval Ground 3,000
Arlesey Town aRMadillo Stadium 2,920
Chippenham Town Hardenhuish Park 2,815
Barwell Kirkby Road 2,500
Cambridge City City Ground 2,300
Leamington New Windmill Ground 2,300
Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground 2,014
Banbury United Spencer Stadium 2,000
Bideford The Sports Ground 2,000
Frome Town Badgers Hill 2,000
St Neots Town New Rowley Park 2,000

Results

Home ╲ Away TOT ARL BANBARBASBEDBWUBIDCAMCHECHIFROGOSHEMHITKETLEAREDSACSTNSTBWEY
A.F.C. Totton 33 23 21 20 20 32 20 15 11 05 20 32 20 22 40 02 20 30 21 24 52
Arlesey Town 50 21 01 12 21 10 22 12 20 40 01 11 31 31 30 02 30 13 43 24 30
Banbury United 21 13 12 31 11 11 11 22 12 10 11 24 40 04 20 30 00 22 31 02 13
Barwell 10 20 41 00 21 20 11 10 13 00 11 12 22 10 12 13 00 13 23 21 01
Bashley 03 10 20 05 01 10 41 00 13 21 21 11 06 01 31 02 01 20 22 01 10
Bedford Town 41 00 31 30 01 01 31 21 01 11 01 10 03 14 11 22 21 20 30 20 02
Bedworth United 20 21 04 11 03 20 21 02 11 22 10 11 12 10 01 03 00 13 13 03 20
Bideford 11 11 12 12 00 03 30 21 21 12 00 02 32 32 40 01 32 10 00 22 21
Cambridge City 00 12 10 21 31 21 30 10 10 23 12 04 01 00 11 14 10 21 05 22 20
Chesham United 60 10 31 22 30 22 30 10 10 11 11 03 00 11 00 11 21 21 21 11 12
Chippenham Town 30 00 02 11 10 02 11 17 43 23 22 00 12 24 30 02 23 43 22 40 22
Frome Town 31 01 00 23 11 23 13 01 03 00 20 11 13 21 31 02 10 03 12 01 20
Gosport Borough 10 01 32 12 00 40 10 20 12 31 23 00 33 00 70 30 23 01 10 13 00
Hemel Hempstead Town 41 12 12 11 42 43 61 41 10 12 21 03 11 82 52 13 40 11 24 21 13
Hitchin Town 40 01 12 01 32 20 11 10 03 13 21 20 10 32 34 01 30 02 22 01 12
Kettering Town 11 13 11 12 07 30 14 31 12 31 24 11 13 12 31 13 01 26 10 01 16
Leamington 21 43 41 06 41 30 61 21 10 01 10 20 13 32 30 21 20 21 30 11 11
Redditch United 21 02 02 01 00 03 00 21 24 02 10 21 02 14 02 41 11 02 10 04 00
St Albans City 30 10 40 44 22 22 30 43 32 26 02 40 16 01 11 21 30 30 01 24 23
St Neots Town 13 12 32 22 22 13 32 53 23 31 01 01 23 61 23 43 01 12 32 00 42
Stourbridge 30 41 81 02 30 01 01 31 41 50 21 11 11 23 41 00 51 10 21 01 50
Weymouth 33 21 10 21 10 04 21 42 01 03 00 21 33 01 32 00 04 02 20 31 15

Updated to games played on 27 April 2013.
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.

Division One Central

Southern Football League Division One Central
Season 2012–13
Champions Burnham
Promoted Burnham
Biggleswade Town
Relegated Woodford United
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1645 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorer Ryan Bird (Burnham) - 42
Biggest home win Ashford Town 10 – 0 Woodford United, 30 March 2013
Biggest away win Woodford United 0 – 10 Biggleswade Town, 19 March 2013
Highest scoring Woodford United 3 – 7 Chertsey Town, 1 December 2012
Highest attendance 448 (Burnham 1 – 0 Slough Town, 1 April 2013)
Lowest attendance 32 (Woodford United 0 – 5 Northwood, 2 February 2013)
Average attendance 113

Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new teams:

Burnham won the division on the final day of the season and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Biggleswade Town. Woodford United lost all their matches and were the only team relegated from Division One Central after this season.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Burnham (C) (P) 42 31 6 5 108 39+69 99 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Rugby Town 42 31 3 8 103 45+58 96 Qualification to playoffs
3 Godalming Town 42 28 8 6 94 39+55 92 Qualification to playoffs, then transferred to Division One South & West
4 Biggleswade Town (P) 42 26 7 9 97 50+47 85 Qualification to playoffs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5 Beaconsfield SYCOB 42 26 6 10 81 47+34 84 Qualification to playoffs
6 Slough Town 42 26 5 11 103 50+53 83
7 Royston Town 42 24 10 8 86 49+37 82
8 Daventry Town 42 22 10 10 81 47+34 76
9 Guildford City 42 20 6 16 86 75+11 66 Transferred to Division One South & West
10 Ashford Town 42 17 10 15 85 79+6 61
11 Uxbridge 42 19 4 19 78 857 61
12 Aylesbury 42 16 10 16 76 73+3 58
13 Northwood 42 17 6 19 80 73+7 57
14 Barton Rovers 42 16 5 21 62 7816 53
15 A.F.C. Hayes 42 13 8 21 73 818 47
16 Chalfont St Peter 42 18 7 17 76 74+2 046
17 Thatcham Town 42 10 5 27 59 8627 35 Transferred to Division One South & West
18 Fleet Town 42 10 5 27 47 7629 35
19 North Greenford United 42 9 6 27 56 9539 33
20 Chertsey Town 42 9 4 29 50 9848 31
21 Leighton Town 42 6 5 31 43 12178 23
22 Woodford United (R) 42 0 0 42 21 185164 0 Relegation to United Counties League

Updated to games played on 6 May 2013.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Chalfont St Peter deducted 15 points for fielding an ineligible player.[6]
(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 Rugby Town 1
5 Beaconsfield SYCOB 0
2 Rugby Town 1
4 Biggleswade Town 3
3 Godalming Town 1
4 Biggleswade Town 2

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Rugby Town Butlin Road 6,000
Daventry Town Communications Park 5,000
Barton Rovers Sharpenhoe Road 4,000
Royston Town Garden Walk 4,000
Uxbridge Honeycroft 3,770
Beaconsfield SYCOB Holloways Park 3,500
Slough Town Holloways Park# 3,500
Northwood Chestnut Avenue (Northwood Park) 3,075
Biggleswade Town The Carlsberg Stadium 3,000
Godalming Town Weycourt 3,000
Woodford United Byfield Road 3,000
Leighton Town Bell Close 2,800
Ashford Town The Robert Parker Stadium 2,550
Burnham The Gore 2,500
Chertsey Town Alwyns Lane 2,500
Fleet Town Calthorpe Park 2,000
Guildford City Guildford Spectrum 2,000
North Greenford United Berkeley Fields 2,000
A.F.C. Hayes Farm Park 1,500
Chalfont St Peter Mill Meadow 1,500
Thatcham Town Waterside Park 1,500
Aylesbury Haywood Way 1,300

#Slough Town ground-shared with Beaconsfield SYCOB.

Division One South & West

Southern Football League Division One South & West
Season 2012–13
Champions Poole Town
Promoted Poole Town
Hungerford Town
Relegated Winchester City
Sholing (resigned)
Abingdon United (resigned)
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1359 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer Lee Wort (Sholing) - 33
Biggest home win Merthyr Town 10–0 Winchester City, 6 April 2013
Biggest away win Cirencester Town 1–6 Bridgwater Town, 15 December 2012
Bridgwater Town 0–5 Shortwood United, 7 March 2013
Highest attendance 726 (Wimborne Town 0–2 Poole Town, 1 January 2013)
Lowest attendance 33 (Winchester City 0–4 Cirencester Town, 30 March 2013)
Average attendance 148

Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season, three teams relegated from the Premier Division and three new teams:

Poole Town won the division in their second season in the league, and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Hungerford Town. Winchester City finished bottom and left the Southern League for the Wessex League for the second time in four seasons.

Sholing resigned at the end of the season for financial reasons, and dropped down to the Wessex League.[7]

On 12 May 2013, Abingdon United also resigned from the league for financial reasons, and dropped down to the Hellenic League.[8]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Poole Town (C) (P) 42 30 8 4 82 36+46 98 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Hungerford Town (P) 42 26 6 10 71 44+27 84 Qualification to playoffs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3 Merthyr Town 42 24 11 7 84 38+46 83 Qualification to playoffs
4 Swindon Supermarine 42 25 6 11 79 51+28 81
5 Paulton Rovers 42 23 6 13 64 54+10 75
6 Yate Town 42 21 6 15 69 63+6 69
7 Sholing 42 20 8 14 87 56+31 68 Resigned at the end of the season
8 Shortwood United 42 20 7 15 62 45+17 67
9 North Leigh 42 19 4 19 70 69+1 61
10 Cinderford Town 42 17 8 17 61 665 59
11 Cirencester Town 42 15 13 14 54 573 057*
12 Wimborne Town 42 15 10 17 59 601 55
13 Mangotsfield United 42 15 10 17 53 618 55
14 Evesham United 42 14 9 19 49 589 51
15 Clevedon Town 42 12 13 17 61 676 49
16 Tiverton Town 42 11 14 17 51 587 47
17 Didcot Town 42 12 10 20 59 7617 46
18 Taunton Town 42 12 8 22 59 8526 44
19 Bridgwater Town 42 10 10 22 52 7826 40
20 Abingdon United 42 10 8 24 42 6624 38 Resigned at the end of the season
21 Bishop's Cleeve 42 10 7 25 49 6617 37
22 Winchester City (R) 42 9 2 31 42 10563 026 Relegation to Wessex League

Updated to games played on 12 May 2013.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Winchester City deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Taunton Town on the first day of the season.[9]
* Cirencester Town deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
(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 Hungerford Town 4
5 Paulton Rovers 2
2 Hungerford Town 3
3 Merthyr Town 1
3 Merthyr Town 2 (3)
4 Swindon Supermarine 2 (2)

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity Seated Ref
Merthyr Town Penydarren Park 10,000 [10]
Paulton Rovers Athletic Field 5,000 253 [11]
Evesham United St George's Lane* 4,749
Winchester City The City Ground 4,500 180 [12]
Clevedon Town Hand Stadium 3,500 300 [13]
Cinderford Town The Causeway 3,500 250 [14]
Tiverton Town Ladysmead 3,500 520 [15]
Wimborne Town Cuthbury 3,250 275 [16]
Didcot Town NPower Loop Meadow Stadium 3,000 150 [17]
Swindon Supermarine The Webb's Wood Stadium 3,000
Bridgwater Town Fairfax Park 2,500 128 [18]
Hungerford Town Bulpit Lane 2,500 170 [14]
Mangotsfield United Cossham Street 2,500 300 [19]
Taunton Town Wordsworth Drive 2,500 300 [14]
Abingdon United Northcourt Road 2,000 158 [14]
Poole Town Tatnam 2,000 154 [20]
North Leigh Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground 2,000 100 [14]
Yate Town Lodge Road 2,000 236 [21]
Bishop's Cleeve Kayte Lane 1,500 50 [14]
Sholing VT Group Sports Ground 1,000 150 [22]
Shortwood United The Meadowbank Ground TBC
Cirencester Town Corinium Stadium TBC

*Evesham United ground-shared with Worcester City.

League Cup

2012–13 Southern League Cup
Country  England
Teams 66
Champions Arlesey Town
Runners-up Frome Town

The Southern League Cup 2012–13 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2012–13 for sponsorship reasons) is the 75th season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Third Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-final

Final

First leg

Second leg

See also

References

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