The 1988–89
Southern Football League season was the 86th in the history of the league, an English
football competition.
Merthyr Tydfil 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
Coventry Sporting,
Wellingborough Town
Wellingborough Town F.C. is a football club based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. They play in the United Counties Premier Division. The club was formed in 2004 after the previous club bearing the name had folded.
History
The ori ...
,
Mile Oak Rovers,
Tonbridge
Tonbridge ( ) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated populat ...
and
Ruislip
Ruislip ( ) is an area in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, and in the historic county of Middlesex. Ruislip lies west-north-west of Charing Cross, London.
The manor of Ruislip appears in the Domesday Book, and some of the ear ...
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:
**
Merthyr Tydfil
**
Moor Green
Moor Green is a historic home located near Brentsville, Prince William County, Virginia. It dates to the early-19th century, and is a two-story, five-bay, Federal style brick residence, with a one-room, two-story ell. It has a standing seam me ...
*Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division:
**
Dover Athletic
**
Waterlooville
Waterlooville is a market town in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, approximately north northeast of Portsmouth. It is the largest town in the borough.
The town has a population of about 64,350 and is surrounded by Purbrook, Blendwort ...
*Two clubs relegated from 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 ...
:
**
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
Wealdstone () is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont and Kenton, and east of Headstone.
The area accommodates ...
League table
Midland Division
The Midland Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the
previous season and five new clubs:
*Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
**
Nuneaton Borough
**
Willenhall Town
*Plus:
**
Ashtree Highfield, promoted from the
Midland Combination
**
Spalding United, 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 ...
**
Tamworth, promoted from the
West Midlands League
Also, at the end of the season
Forest Green Rovers
Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...
was renamed Stroud and Ashfield Hightree was renamed
Sandwell Borough.
League table
Southern Division
The Southern Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the
previous season and four new clubs:
*Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
**
Chelmsford City
Chelmsford City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Currently members of they play at the Melbourne Stadium.
History Chelmsford
Chelmsford Football Club was established in 1878 by members of ...
**
Witney Town
*Two clubs transferred from the Midland Division:
**
Buckingham Town
**
Trowbridge Town
At the end of the season
Thanet United reverted name to Margate.
League table
See also
*
Southern Football League
*
1988–89 Isthmian League The 1988–89 season was the 74th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
The league consisted of three divisions. Division T ...
*
1988–89 Northern Premier League
The 1988–89 Northern Premier League season was the 21st in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the HFS Loans League for ...
References
RSSF – Southern Football League archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:1988-89 Southern Football League
Southern Football League seasons
6