The 1968–69
Southern Football League
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season was the 66th in the history of the league, an English
football
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competition.
Cambridge United
Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...
won the championship, winning their first Southern League title, whilst
Bath City,
Brentwood Town,
Crawley Town
Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1896 as Crawley Foo ...
and
Gloucester City were all promoted to the Premier Division. Twelve Southern League clubs applied to join
the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...
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:
*
Bedford Town
*
Kettering Town
*
Rugby Town
*
Worcester City
Worcester City Football Club is an English Association football, football club based in Worcester, England, Worcester, Worcestershire. The club play in the Southern Football League Premier Division Central, the seventh tier of English football. ...
At the end of the season
Wellington Town were renamed
Telford United.
League table
Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the
previous season and four new clubs:
*Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
**
Cambridge City
**
Corby Town
**
Hastings United
*Plus:
**
Salisbury
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, joined from the
Western Football League
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Also, at the end of the previous season
Folkestone Town was renamed Folkestone.
League table
Football League elections
Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 10 non-League clubs applied for election, all of which were Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.
A history of admission to the Football League
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See also
* Southern Football League
The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...
* 1968–69 Northern Premier League
References
RSSF – Southern Football League archive
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Southern Football League seasons
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