The 1987–88
Southern Football League
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season was the 85th in the history of the league, an English
football
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competition.
Aylesbury United
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won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the
Football Conference
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, whilst
Chatham Town,
Paget Rangers and
Shepshed Charterhouse
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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
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In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...
, demoted from the 1986–87 Football Conference, Football Conference
**Burton Albion F.C., Burton Albion, transferred from the 1986–87 Northern Premier League, Northern Premier League
League table
Midland Division
The Midland Division expanded up to 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the 1986–87 Southern Football League#Midland Division, previous season and five new clubs:
*Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
**Dudley Town F.C., Dudley Town
**King's Lynn F.C., King's Lynn
*Plus:
**Atherstone United F.C., Atherstone United, promoted from the 1986–87 West Midlands (Regional) League, West Midlands (Regional) League
**
Paget Rangers, promoted from the 1986–87 Midland Football Combination, Midland Combination
**Trowbridge Town F.C., Trowbridge Town, transferred from the Southern Division
League table
Southern Division
The Southern Division expanded up to 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the 1986–87 Southern Football League#Southern Division, previous season and five new clubs:
*Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
**Folkestone F.C., Folkestone
**Salisbury City F.C., Salisbury
*Plus:
**Baldock Town F.C., Baldock Town, promoted from the 1986–87 United Counties League, United Counties League
**Bury Town F.C., Bury Town, promoted from the 1986–87 Eastern Counties Football League, Eastern Counties League
**Hounslow F.C., Hounslow, promoted from the 1986–87 Hellenic Football League, Hellenic League
League table
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 ...
*1987–88 Isthmian League
*1987–88 Northern Premier League
References
RSSF – Southern Football League archive
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Southern Football League seasons
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