1960–61 Southern Football League#Premier Division

The 1960–61 Southern Football League season was the 58th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Oxford United won the championship, whilst Kettering Town, Cambridge United, Bexleyheath & Welling and Merthyr Tydfil were all promoted to the Premier Division. Ten Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League 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, promoted from Division One:

=League table=

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= Southern Football League
Premier Division

|season= 1960–61

|winners= Oxford United

|relegated= Dartford
Hastings United
Wisbech Town

|matches= 462

|total goals= 1697

|prevseason= 1959–60

|nextseason= 1961–62

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|use_goal_ratio=y

|winpoints=2

|section=Premier Division

|team1=OXF|name_OXF=Oxford United

|team2=CHC|name_CHC=Chelmsford City

|team3=YEO|name_YEO=Yeovil Town

|team4=HER|name_HER=Hereford United

|team5=WEY|name_WEY=Weymouth

|team6=BAT|name_BAT=Bath City

|team7=CAC|name_CAC=Cambridge City

|team8=TEL|name_TEL=Wellington Town

|team9=BED|name_BED=Bedford Town

|team10=FOL|name_FOL=Folkestone Town

|team11=KLY|name_KLY=King's Lynn

|team12=WOR|name_WOR=Worcester City

|team13=CLA|name_CLA=Clacton Town

|team14=ROM|name_ROM=Romford

|team15=GUI|name_GUI=Guildford City

|team16=TON|name_TON=Tonbridge

|team17=CHT|name_CHT=Cheltenham Town

|team18=EBB|name_EBB=Gravesend & Northfleet

|team19=DAR|name_DAR=Dartford

|team20=HAS|name_HAS=Hastings United

|team21=WIS|name_WIS=Wisbech Town

|team22=BOS|name_BOS=Boston United

|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegated to Division One

|col_RES=#FFCCCC|text_RES=Resigned from the league

|result19=R|result20=R|result21=R|result22=RES

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html rsssf.com]

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal ratio.

}}

Division One

Division One consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
Barry Town
Kettering Town
Nuneaton Borough
Poole Town

Plus:
Canterbury City, elected from the Metropolitan League

=League table=

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= Southern Football League
Division One

|season= 1960–61

|winners= Kettering Town

|promoted= Kettering Town
Cambridge United
Bexleyheath & Welling
Merthyr Tydfil

|matches= 420

|total goals= 1513

|prevseason= 1959–60

|nextseason= 1961–62

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|use_goal_ratio=y

|winpoints=2

|section=Division One

|team1=KET|name_KET=Kettering Town

|team2=CAU|name_CAU=Cambridge United

|team3=BEX|name_BEX=Bexleyheath & Welling

|team4=MER|name_MER=Merthyr Tydfil

|team5=SIT|name_SIT=Sittingbourne

|team6=HIN|name_HIN=Hinckley Athletic

|team7=RAM|name_RAM=Ramsgate Athletic

|team8=RUG|name_RUG=Rugby Town

|team9=COR|name_COR=Corby Town

|team10=POO|name_POO=Poole Town

|team11=BAR|name_BAR=Barry Town

|team12=HIL|name_HIL=Yiewsley

|team13=TRO|name_TRO=Trowbridge Town

|team14=ASH|name_ASH=Ashford Town (Kent)

|team15=MAR|name_MAR=Margate

|team16=DOV|name_DOV=Dover

|team17=CAN|name_CAN=Canterbury City

|team18=NUN|name_NUN=Nuneaton Borough

|team19=BUR|name_BUR=Burton Albion

|team20=TUN|name_TUN=Tunbridge Wells United

|team21=GLO|name_GLO=Gloucester City

|col_P=#ACE1AF|text_P=Promoted to the Premier Division

|result1=P|result2=P|result3=P|result4=P

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html rsssf.com]

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal ratio.

}}

Football League elections

Ten Southern League clubs (including Bexleyheath & Welling and Kettering Town from Division One) applied for election to the Football League. However, 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 \|Chester	Football League	align=right\|45
bgcolor=ccffcc \|Exeter City	Football League	align=right\|44
bgcolor=ccffcc \|Barrow	Football League	align=right\|35
bgcolor=ccffcc \|Hartlepools United	Football League	align=right\|32
Oxford United	Southern League	align=right\|19
Bedford Town	Southern League	align=right\|4
Wigan Athletic	Lancashire Combination	align=right\|4
Cambridge City	Southern League	align=right\|3
Chelmsford City	Southern League	align=right\|3
Gateshead	Northern Counties League	align=right\|3
Hereford United	Southern League	align=right\|1
Kettering Town	Southern League	align=right\|1
Romford	Southern League	align=right\|1
Scarborough	Northern Counties League	align=right\|1
South Shields	Northern Counties League	align=right\|1
Bexleyheath & Welling	Southern League	align=right\|0
Gravesend & Northfleet	Southern League	align=right\|0
King's Lynn	Southern League	align=right\|0
Morecambe	Lancashire Combination	align=right\|0

References

Category:Southern Football League seasons