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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
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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 ...
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Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The ...
*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 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


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
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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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