The 1968–69
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
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 compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...
won the championship, winning their first Southern League title, whilst
Bath City,
Brentwood Town,
Crawley Town and
Gloucester City were all promoted to the Premier Division. Twelve Southern League clubs applied to join
the Football League 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
Bedford Town Football Club is a football club based in the Borough of Bedford, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Eyrie in Cardington, a village on the outskirts of Bedford. They are full members of the Football As ...
*
Kettering Town
Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in ...
*
Rugby Town
*
Worcester City
Worcester City Football Club is an English football club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club play in the Midland Football League, the ninth tier of English football. Established in 1902, the club play at Claines Lane.
Worcester City ...
At the end of the season
Wellington Town
Telford United Football Club was an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire.
The club existed under various names for a total of 132 years from its formation in 1872. The club was a founder member of the Alliance Premier League (la ...
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, joined from the
Western Football League
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 men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
* 1968–69 Northern Premier League
The 1968–69 Northern Premier League was the inaugural season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 10 August 1968 and concluded ...
References
RSSF – Southern Football League archive
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Southern Football League seasons
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