1948–49 Southern Football League
The 1948–49 Southern Football League season was the 46th in the history of the league, an English football competition.
The league consisted of 22 clubs, including all 18 clubs from the previous season, and four newly elected clubs.
- Hastings United, a new club
- Kidderminster Harriers, joined from the Birmingham & District League
- Tonbridge, a new club
- Chingford Town, a new club
Gillingham were champions, winning their second Southern League title. Four Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none was successful.
League table
{{Infobox football league season
|competition= Southern Football League
|season= 1948–49
|winners= Gillingham
|matches= 462
|total goals= 1677
|prevseason= 1947–48
|nextseason= 1949–50
}}
|res_col_header=Results
|use_goal_ratio=y
|show_limit=5
|winpoints=2
|team1=GIL|name_GIL=Gillingham
|team2=CHC|name_CHC=Chelmsford City
|team3=MER|name_MER=Merthyr Tydfil
|team4=COL|name_COL=Colchester United
|team5=WOR|name_WOR=Worcester City
|team6=DAR|name_DAR=Dartford
|team7=EBB|name_EBB=Gravesend & Northfleet
|team8=YEO|name_YEO=Yeovil Town
|team9=CHT|name_CHT=Cheltenham Town
|team10=KID|name_KID=Kidderminster Harriers
|team11=EXE|name_EXE=Exeter City II
|team12=HER|name_HER=Hereford United
|team13=BAT|name_BAT=Bath City
|team14=HAS|name_HAS=Hastings United
|team15=TOR|name_TOR=Torquay United II
|team16=LOV|name_LOV=Lovell's Athletic
|team17=GUI|name_GUI=Guildford City
|team18=GLO|name_GLO=Gloucester City
|team19=BAR|name_BAR=Barry Town
|team20=TON|name_TON=Tonbridge
|team21=CHI|name_CHI=Chingford Town
|team22=BED|name_BED=Bedford Town
|win_GIL=26|draw_GIL=10|loss_GIL=6|gf_GIL=104|ga_GIL=48
|win_CHC=27|draw_CHC=7|loss_CHC=8|gf_CHC=115|ga_CHC=64
|win_MER=26|draw_MER=8|loss_MER=8|gf_MER=133|ga_MER=54
|win_COL=21|draw_COL=10|loss_COL=11|gf_COL=94|ga_COL=61
|win_WOR=22|draw_WOR=7|loss_WOR=13|gf_WOR=87|ga_WOR=56
|win_DAR=21|draw_DAR=9|loss_DAR=12|gf_DAR=73|ga_DAR=53
|win_EBB=20|draw_EBB=9|loss_EBB=13|gf_EBB=60|ga_EBB=46
|win_YEO=19|draw_YEO=9|loss_YEO=14|gf_YEO=90|ga_YEO=53
|win_CHT=19|draw_CHT=9|loss_CHT=14|gf_CHT=71|ga_CHT=64
|win_KID=19|draw_KID=6|loss_KID=17|gf_KID=77|ga_KID=94
|win_EXE=18|draw_EXE=7|loss_EXE=17|gf_EXE=83|ga_EXE=73
|win_HER=17|draw_HER=6|loss_HER=19|gf_HER=83|ga_HER=84
|win_BAT=15|draw_BAT=8|loss_BAT=19|gf_BAT=72|ga_BAT=87
|win_HAS=14|draw_HAS=10|loss_HAS=18|gf_HAS=69|ga_HAS=93
|win_TOR=15|draw_TOR=7|loss_TOR=20|gf_TOR=73|ga_TOR=93
|win_LOV=14|draw_LOV=8|loss_LOV=20|gf_LOV=73|ga_LOV=74
|win_GUI=12|draw_GUI=12|loss_GUI=18|gf_GUI=58|ga_GUI=85
|win_GLO=12|draw_GLO=10|loss_GLO=20|gf_GLO=78|ga_GLO=100
|win_BAR=12|draw_BAR=10|loss_BAR=20|gf_BAR=55|ga_BAR=95
|win_TON=9|draw_TON=7|loss_TON=26|gf_TON=54|ga_TON=105
|win_CHI=6|draw_CHI=9|loss_CHI=27|gf_CHI=43|ga_CHI=94
|win_BED=5|draw_BED=8|loss_BED=29|gf_BED=32|ga_BED=101
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html rsssf.com]
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal ratio.
}}
Football League elections
Eight Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League, but all four League clubs were re-elected.[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League]
| class=wikitable style=text-align:left
!Club !League !Votes | ||
| bgcolor=ccffcc | Football League | align=right|45 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc | Football League | align=right|42 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc | Football League | align=right|41 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc | Football League | align=right|40 |
| Worcester City | Southern League | align=right|5 |
| Gillingham | Southern League | align=right|5 |
| Shrewsbury Town | Midland League | align=right|5 |
| Scunthorpe United | Midland League | align=right|5 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Southern League | align=right|3 |
| Yeovil Town | Southern League | align=right|2 |
| Peterborough United | Midland League | align=right|0 |
| Wigan Athletic | Lancashire Combination | align=right|0 |
| South Liverpool | Cheshire League | align=right|0 |
| North Shields | North Eastern League | align=right|0 |
| Nelson | Lancashire Combination | align=right|0 |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Southern Football League seasons}}
{{1948–49 in English football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1948-49 Southern Football League}}