The 1987–88

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 85th in the history of the league, an English

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competition.

Aylesbury United Aylesbury United Football Club is a football club based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of Division One Central of the Southern League and play at Chesham United's Meadow ground, having been evicted from their ...

won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the

Football Conference The National League (named Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North, and National League South. It was called the ...

, whilst Chatham Town, Paget Rangers and

Shepshed Charterhouse Shepshed Dynamo Football Club is an English association football, football club based in the small town of Shepshed in the north west of Leicestershire, England. Founded as Shepshed Albion towards the end of the 19th century, the team played for ...

left the league at the end of the season.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs: *Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division: ** Leicester United ** VS Rugby *Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division: ** Ashford Town (Kent) **

Dorchester Town Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

*Plus: **

Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

, demoted from the

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 groun ...

, transferred from the

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

League table

Midland Division

The Midland Division expanded up to 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: *Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division: ** Dudley Town **

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*Plus: ** Atherstone United, promoted from the

West Midlands (Regional) League The West Midlands (Regional) League is an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Worcestershire, southern Staffordshire and northern Herefordshire. It has tw ...

** Paget Rangers, promoted from the Midland Combination ** Trowbridge Town, transferred from the Southern Division

League table

Southern Division

The Southern Division expanded up to 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: *Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division: **

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*Plus: ** Baldock Town, promoted from the

United Counties League The United Counties League (also known after its sponsor as the ''Uhlsport United Counties League'') is an English football league covering Northamptonshire, Rutland and Bedfordshire and most of Leicestershire as well as parts of Buckinghamshi ...

** Bury Town, promoted from the

Eastern Counties League The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suff ...

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, promoted from the Hellenic League

League table

References

RSSF – Southern Football League archive
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Premier Division

League table

Midland Division

League table

Southern Division

League table

See also

References