1970–71 Southern Football League
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The 1970–71
Southern Football League The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...
season was the 68th in the history of the league, an English
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competition. Yeovil Town won the championship, winning their third Southern League title, whilst
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, Gravesend & Northfleet, Guildford City and
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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. At the end of the season Division One was split into divisions One North and One South with 14 new clubs joining the league.


Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One: * Ashford Town (Kent) * Bedford Town * Cambridge City *
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League table


Division One

Division One consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division: *Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division ** Burton Albion **
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*Plus: ** Stevenage Athletic, joined from the
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See also

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Southern Football League The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...
* 1970–71 Northern Premier League


References


RSSF – Southern Football League archive
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