The 2000–01
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 ...
season was the 98th in the history of the league, an English
football
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competition.
Margate won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the
Football Conference.
Clevedon Town,
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 ...
,
Fisher Athletic
Fisher Athletic F.C. were a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based ...
and
Halesowen Town were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst
Chelmsford City,
Tiverton Town,
Newport (Isle of Wight) and
Hinckley United were promoted from the Eastern and Western Divisions, the former two as champions.
Bromsgrove Rovers
Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. was a non-League football club from the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. The peak of the club's success was in 1993 when Rovers finished runner-up in the Football Conference. They went into administration during the ...
and
Paget Rangers
Paget Rangers F.C. is an English football club based in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, currently playing in the .
History
The club was established in 1938 by pupils of Paget Road School in Erdington, Birmingham and was accepted into the Interme ...
were relegated to the eighth level, whilst
Baldock Town and
Witney Town of the Eastern Division folded at the end of the season.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the
previous season and five new clubs:
*Two clubs promoted from the Eastern Division:
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Fisher Athletic
Fisher Athletic F.C. were a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based ...
**
Folkestone Invicta
Folkestone Invicta Football Club is a association football, football club based in Folkestone, Kent, England. They are currently members of the and play at Cheriton Road.
History
The club was established in 1936 and joined the East Kent Wedne ...
*Two clubs promoted from the Western Division:
**
Moor Green
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Stafford Rangers
Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.
The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...
*Plus:
**
Welling United, relegated from the
Football Conference
League table
Eastern Division
The Eastern Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the
previous season and five new clubs:
*Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
**
Grantham Town
Grantham Town Football Club is a football club, based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the South Kesteven Sports Stadium.
History
The club was established in 1874 as Grantham Football Club.
**
Rothwell Town
*Plus:
**
Banbury United, promoted from the
Hellenic League
**
Histon, promoted from the
Eastern Counties League
**
Langney Sports, promoted from the
Sussex County League
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At the end of the season Langney Sports changed name to
Eastbourne Borough.
League table
Western Division
The Western Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the
previous season and four new clubs:
*Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
**
Atherstone United
**
Gloucester City
*Plus:
**
Mangotsfield United
Mangotsfield United Football Club is a football club based in Mangotsfield, Bristol, England. They are currently members of the and play at Cossham Street.
History
The club was formed in 1951 after Mangotsfield Football Club closed down its r ...
, promoted from the
Western Football League
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Rugby United
Rugby Town Football Club is a football club based in Rugby, Warwickshire, which plays in the . It is nicknamed ''The Valley'', and plays its home matches at Butlin Road. It was originally named New Bilton Juniors and renamed four times. First, ...
, transferred from the Eastern Division
At the end of the season
Blakenall merged with
Bloxwich Town of the
Midland Alliance to form
Bloxwich United.
League table
See also
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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 ...
*
2000–01 Isthmian League The 2000–01 season was the 86th 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 four divisions.
Premier Divisi ...
*
2000–01 Northern Premier League
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Premier Division ...
References
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Southern Football League seasons
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