The 1982–83
Southern Football League season was the 80th in the history of the league, an English
football competition.
This season saw the reintroduction of the Premier Division.
AP Leamington
Leamington Football Club is a football club based in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. They are currently members of and play at the New Windmill Ground near Bishop's Tachbrook.
History
The club was established in 1933 as the works te ...
won the Premier Division, winning their first Southern League title, whilst
Kidderminster Harriers was promoted to the
Alliance Premier League
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Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league sy ...
,
Folkestone,
Sutton Coldfield Town,
Fisher Athletic were all promoted to the Premier Division, the last two for the first time in their history.
Premier Division
The Premier Division was reformed and consisted of the best clubs from the Midland and the Southern divisions. It also featured three new clubs, relegated from the
Alliance Premier League
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AP Leamington
Leamington Football Club is a football club based in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. They are currently members of and play at the New Windmill Ground near Bishop's Tachbrook.
History
The club was established in 1933 as the works te ...
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Dartford
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Gravesend & Northfleet
At the end of the season
Enderby Town changed name to Leicester United.
League table
Midland Division
After the Premier Division reintroduction at the end of the previous season, the Midland Division consisted of 17 clubs, including 11 clubs from the
previous season Midland Division and six new clubs:
*Three clubs joined 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 ...
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Dudley Town
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Sutton Coldfield Town
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Willenhall Town
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Bridgwater Town, joined from the
Western Football League
The Western Football League is a football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Toolstation, so it is also known as ...
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Oldbury United, joined from the
Midland Football Combination
The Midland Football Combination was an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It comprised five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One and Two and two Reserves Divisions. The league was one of three official feeder l ...
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Forest Green Rovers
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, joined from the
Hellenic Football League
The Hellenic Football League, currently known as the Uhlsport Hellenic Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English men's football league covering an area including the English counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, southern B ...
League table
Southern Division
After the Premier Division reintroduction at the end of the previous season, the Southern Division consisted of 18 clubs, including 14 clubs from the
previous season Southern Division and four new clubs:
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Erith & Belvedere, joined from the
Kent Football League
The Southern Counties East Football League is an English football league established in 1966, which has teams based in Kent and Southeast London. Until 2013, it was known as the Kent League. There was a previous Kent League, that existed from ...
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Fisher Athletic, joined from the
London Spartan League
The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League.
History
The Spartan League was establ ...
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Road-Sea Southampton, joined from the City of Southampton Sunday League
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Woodford Town, joined from the
Athenian League
The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League,Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football Museum, Preston). but this nam ...
League table
See also
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Southern Football League
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1982–83 Isthmian League
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1982–83 Northern Premier League
The 1982–83 Northern Premier League was the fifteenth 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 21 August 1982 and conclude ...
References
RSSF – Southern Football League archive
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Southern Football League seasons
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