The 1974–75
Southern Football League season was the 72nd in the history of the league, an English
football competition.
Wimbledon won the championship, winning their first Southern League title, whilst
Bedford Town,
Dunstable Town,
Gravesend & Northfleet and
Hillingdon Borough were all promoted to the Premier Division. Eight Southern League clubs applied to join
the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...
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:
*Two clubs promoted from Division One North:
**
Burton Albion
Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home grou ...
**
Stourbridge
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*Two clubs promoted from Division One South:
**
Bath City
Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...
**
Wealdstone
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The area accommodates ...
League table
Division One North
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the
previous season and two clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:
*
Bedford 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's ...
Also, at the end of the previous season
Bletchley Town was renamed
Milton Keynes City.
League table
Division One South
Division One South consisted of 20 clubs, including 18 clubs from the
previous season and two clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:
*
Folkestone, who was renamed Folkestone & Shepway at the end of the previous season
*
Hillingdon Borough
League table
Football League elections
Alongside the four League clubs facing
re-election
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, a total of 12 non-League clubs applied for election, eight of which were Southern League clubs. All the League clubs were re-elected.
A history of admission to the Football League
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See also
* Southern Football League
* 1974–75 Northern Premier League
The 1974–75 Northern Premier League was the seventh 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 17 August 1974 and concluded o ...
References
RSSF – Southern Football League archive
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Southern Football League seasons
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