Southern Football League 2022/23

tonyburke70@gmail.com 3 January 202414 April 2024 2022/23

Coalville Town miss out on promotion via the playoffs.

Current results and league tables can be found on the Official League Website.

Leicestershire & Rutland teams in the league this season

Premier Division Central

Barwell, Coalville Town

Honours

	Winners	Runners Up
Premier Division Central	Tamworth	Coalville Town
Premier Division South	Weston-super-Mare	Bracknell Town
Division One Central	Berkhamsted	Biggleswade
Division One South	AFC Totton	Sholing

Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:

From the Isthmian League

Bracknell Town and Hanwell Town.

From the Northern Premier League

Basford United, Ilkeston Town and Mickleover.

From the Essex Senior League

Walthamstow.

From the Hellenic League

Bishop’s Cleeve and Westbury United.

From the Spartan South Midlands League

Hadley.

From the Wessex League

Bashley and Hamworthy United.

From the Western League

Exmouth Town and Tavistock.

Premier Division Central

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	TamworthM	42	27	8	7	93	40	53	89
2	Coalville Town	42	27	8	7	92	42	50	89
3	Leiston	42	24	13	5	84	47	37	85
4	Nuneaton Borough	42	23	10	9	67	45	22	79
5	Rushall OlympicM	42	22	7	13	71	52	19	73
6	Mickleover	42	22	6	14	82	66	16	72
7	Ilkeston TownM	42	16	13	13	79	66	13	61
8	Barwell	42	17	10	15	69	63	6	61
9	Redditch United	42	18	7	17	57	59	-2	61
10	Stourbridge	42	15	14	13	69	56	13	59
11	Alvechurch	42	17	8	17	63	65	-2	59
12	Hitchin Town	42	16	11	15	52	60	-8	59
13	Royston Town	42	15	10	17	63	73	-10	55
14	Stratford Town	42	13	13	16	58	70	-12	52
15	Basford UnitedM	42	14	10	18	49	62	-13	52
16	St. Ives Town	42	14	8	20	64	72	-8	50
17	Needham Market	42	13	9	20	46	54	-8	48
18	Bromsgrove Sporting	42	13	9	20	58	78	-20	48
19	Kings LangleyR	42	10	9	23	45	69	-24	39
20	Hednesford TownM	42	7	10	25	45	76	-31	31
21	AFC Rushden & DiamondsM	42	8	7	27	40	87	-47	31
22	Bedford TownR	42	8	6	28	49	93	-44	30

Premier Division Central Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

26th April 2023
Coalville Town	1 – 1 (3 – 4 pens)	Rushall Olympic
Leiston	1 – 2 (aet)	Nuneaton Borough

Final

1st May 2023
Nuneaton Borough	0 – 0 (3 – 4 pens)	Rushall Olympic

Premier Division South

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Weston-super-MareM	42	28	9	5	89	32	57	93
2	Bracknell Town	42	28	6	8	100	53	47	90
3	Truro CityM	42	27	8	7	88	41	47	89
4	Poole Town	42	23	11	8	86	51	35	80
5	Chesham United	42	23	10	9	88	57	31	79
6	Swindon Supermarine	42	23	8	11	88	66	22	77
7	Hayes & Yeading United	42	21	8	13	80	58	22	71
8	Metropolitan PoliceM	42	18	7	17	61	59	2	61
9	Merthyr Town	42	18	6	18	73	64	9	60
10	Plymouth Parkway	42	16	10	16	63	62	1	58
11	Beaconsfield Town	42	15	12	15	75	73	2	57
12	Tiverton Town	42	15	10	17	62	77	-15	55
13	Dorchester Town	42	16	6	20	57	79	-22	54
14	Hanwell Town	42	14	8	20	55	65	-10	50
15	Salisbury	42	14	7	21	55	71	-16	49
16	Winchester City	42	12	12	18	56	72	-16	48
17	Gosport Borough	42	14	5	23	58	78	-20	47
18	Hendon	42	9	11	22	55	81	-26	38
19	Harrow Borough	42	9	10	23	44	80	-36	37
20	North LeighR	42	9	7	26	50	86	-36	34
21	Yate TownR	42	9	7	26	50	92	-42	34
22	Hartley WintneyM	42	8	8	26	40	76	-36	32

Premier Division South Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

26th April 2023
Bracknell Town	1 – 0 (aet)	Chesham United
Truro City	1 – 1 (4 – 1 pens)	Poole Town

Final

1st May 2023
Bracknell Town	2 – 3	Truro City

Division One Central

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	BerkhamstedP	36	28	4	4	91	32	59	88
2	Biggleswade	36	20	9	7	73	44	29	69
3	Didcot TownP	36	20	6	10	55	42	13	66
4	WalthamstowM	36	19	6	11	58	49	9	63
5	Ware	36	19	5	12	76	60	16	62
6	Cirencester Town	36	17	7	12	67	39	28	58
7	Biggleswade Town	36	16	10	10	70	54	16	58
8	Welwyn Garden City	36	16	7	13	56	60	-4	55
9	Hadley	36	15	8	13	64	55	9	53
10	Kidlington	36	15	8	13	47	48	-1	53
11	Waltham Abbey	36	14	6	16	55	51	4	48
12	Thame United	36	13	8	15	60	54	6	47
13	AFC Dunstable	36	12	10	14	53	47	6	46
14	Hertford Town	36	11	8	17	70	70	0	41
15	Aylesbury United	36	11	7	18	41	64	-23	40
16	Kempston Rovers	36	9	7	20	51	69	-18	34
17	Highworth TownM	36	6	10	20	51	93	-42	28
18	Barton Rovers	36	5	8	23	32	78	-46	23
19	FC Romania (-3)M	36	6	6	24	36	97	-61	21

Harlow Town withdrew from the league in December due to problems with their artificial pitch left them unable to fulfil their fixtures.

Division One Central Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

26th April 2023
Biggleswade	1 – 4	Ware
Didcot Town	3 – 1	Walthamstow

Final

1st May 2023
Didcot Town	1 – 0	Ware

Division One South

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	AFC TottonP	38	27	7	4	88	28	60	88
2	SholingP	38	24	9	5	75	35	40	81
3	Hamworthy United	38	22	8	8	75	51	24	74
4	Evesham United	38	18	6	14	53	44	9	60
5	Wimborne Town	38	17	9	12	60	61	-1	60
6	Tavistock	38	18	4	16	66	63	3	58
7	Bashley	38	15	10	13	49	37	12	55
8	Frome Town	38	15	9	14	62	50	12	54
9	Bishop’s Cleeve	38	16	4	18	66	74	-8	52
10	Westbury United	38	13	11	14	51	53	-2	50
11	Larkhall Athletic	38	12	13	13	44	58	-14	49
12	Melksham Town	38	13	9	16	64	68	-4	48
13	Paulton Rovers	38	14	5	19	57	68	-11	47
14	Exmouth Town	38	12	10	16	50	51	-1	46
15	Willand Rovers	38	11	11	16	49	47	2	44
16	Lymington TownM	38	12	7	19	50	67	-17	43
17	Bideford AFC	38	10	12	16	41	57	-16	42
18	Bristol Manor Farm	38	11	9	18	56	76	-20	42
19	Cinderford TownM	38	8	10	20	47	85	-38	34
20	SlimbridgeM	38	6	9	23	44	74	-30	27

Division One South Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

26th April 2023
Hamworthy United	3 – 0	Evesham United
Sholing	2 – 1	Wimborne Town

Final

1st May 2023
Sholing	2 – 0	Hamworthy United

After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:

To the National League

Rushall Olympic, Tamworth, Truro City and Weston-super-Mare.

To the Isthmian League

Hartley Wintney, Metropolitan Police and Walthamstow.

To the Northern Premier League

AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Basford United, Hednesford Town and Ilkeston Town.

To the Eastern Counties League

Harlow Town (who resigned from the league in December)

To the Hellenic League

Cinderford Town, Highworth Town and Slimbridge.

To the Spartan South Midlands League

FC Romania.

To the Western League

Lymington Town.