Southern Football League 2024/25

tonyburke70@gmail.com 18 June 202518 June 2025 2024/25

Harborough Town lose on penalties in the play-offs.

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, Harborough Town

Honours

	Winners	Runners Up
Premier Division Central	Bedford Town	Kettering Town
Premier Division South	Merthyr Town	AFC Totton
Division One Central	Real Bedford	Berkhamsted
Division One South	Yate Town	Evesham United

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

From the National League

Banbury United, Bishop’s Stortford, Gloucester City, Havant & Waterlooville and Taunton Town.

From the Isthmian League

Chertsey Town, Enfield, Lowestoft Town, Marlow, Northwood and Thatcham Town.

From the Northern Premier League

Harborough Town and Spalding United.

From the Combined Counties League

Flackwell Heath.

From the Hellenic League

Cinderford Town.

From the Spartan South Midlands League

Leverstock Green and Real Bedford.

From the Wessex League

Shaftesbury.

From the Western League

Falmouth Town and Helston Athletic.

Premier Division Central

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bedford Town	42	25	7	10	79	58	21	82
2	Kettering Town	42	22	11	9	73	44	29	77
3	AFC Telford United	42	19	17	6	82	60	22	74
4	Halesowen Town	42	21	11	10	65	46	19	74
5	Harborough Town	42	20	11	11	65	42	23	71
6	Stamford	42	20	9	13	53	51	2	69
7	Spalding United	42	20	8	14	70	54	16	68
8	Stratford Town	42	18	13	11	61	44	17	67
9	Stourbridge	42	18	9	15	60	50	10	63
10	Leiston	42	16	12	14	56	58	-2	60
11	Royston Town	42	14	15	13	51	49	2	57
12	Banbury United	42	14	15	13	40	40	0	57
13	Alvechurch	42	16	8	18	49	46	3	56
14	Bromsgrove Sporting	42	15	6	21	57	61	-4	51
15	Bishop’s Stortford	42	14	9	19	52	62	-10	51
16	St. Ives Town	42	13	11	18	58	60	-2	50
17	AFC Sudbury	42	13	11	18	52	57	-5	50
18	Redditch United	42	13	10	19	50	58	-8	49
19	Barwell	42	13	7	22	56	75	-19	46
20	Lowestoft Town	42	10	7	25	55	106	-51	37
21	Hitchin Town	42	8	10	24	54	84	-30	34
22	Biggleswade Town	42	5	13	24	44	77	-33	28

Premier Division Central Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

30th April 2025
AFC Telford United	3 – 2	Halesowen Town
Kettering Town	0 – 0 (4 – 3 pens)	Harborough Town

Final

5th May 2025
Kettering Town	2 – 4	AFC Telford United

Premier Division South

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Merthyr Town	42	27	10	5	105	46	59	91
2	AFC Totton	42	25	13	4	85	35	50	88
3	Walton & Hersham	42	24	11	7	90	54	36	83
4	Gloucester City	42	21	14	7	81	53	28	77
5	Dorchester Town	42	19	18	5	75	48	27	75
6	Havant & Waterlooville	42	21	11	10	84	49	35	74
7	Hungerford Town	42	16	11	15	63	55	8	59
8	Hanwell Town	42	15	13	14	58	62	-4	58
9	Taunton Town	42	13	18	11	64	58	6	57
10	Wimborne Town	42	15	12	15	49	56	-7	57
11	Sholing	42	14	10	18	59	68	-9	52
12	Gosport Borough	42	13	12	17	53	61	-8	51
13	Plymouth Parkway	42	14	8	20	63	77	-14	50
14	Poole Town	42	13	10	19	48	62	-14	49
15	Basingstoke Town	42	11	15	16	62	64	-2	48
16	Chertsey Town	42	14	5	23	67	82	-15	47
17	Tiverton Town	42	12	11	19	39	71	-32	47
18	Bracknell Town	42	11	13	18	57	72	-15	46
19	Winchester City	42	12	10	20	54	74	-20	46
20	Swindon Supermarine	42	12	8	22	60	78	-18	44
21	Frome Town	42	9	13	20	39	60	-21	40
22	Marlow	42	5	6	31	45	115	-70	21

Premier Division South Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

30th April 2025
AFC Totton	4 – 3	Dorchester Town
Walton & Hersham	2 – 2 (3 – 5 pens)	Gloucester City

Final

5th May 2025
AFC Totton	1 – 0	Gloucester City

Division One Central

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Real Bedford	40	33	5	2	129	33	96	104
2	Berkhamsted	40	27	8	5	94	47	47	89
3	Flackwell Heath	40	26	6	8	89	45	44	84
4	Barton Rovers	40	22	11	7	72	47	25	77
5	Hadley	40	22	9	9	81	49	32	75
6	Thame United	40	22	6	12	77	58	19	72
7	Leighton Town	40	18	9	13	63	52	11	63
8	Biggleswade	40	16	10	14	62	72	-10	58
9	Welwyn Garden City	40	16	9	15	58	53	5	57
10	Ware	40	13	17	10	64	51	13	56
11	Beaconsfield Town	40	13	11	16	58	62	-4	50
12	Enfield	40	12	12	16	62	68	-6	48
13	Hertford Town	40	12	12	16	59	67	-8	48
14	AFC Dunstable	40	13	8	19	50	68	-18	47
15	Aylesbury United	40	14	3	23	46	70	-24	45
16	Northwood	40	12	4	24	58	79	-21	40
17	Stotfold	40	11	7	22	52	86	-34	40
18	Leverstock Green	40	9	12	19	46	63	-17	39
19	Kings Langley	40	9	11	20	52	64	-12	38
20	Kidlington	40	7	7	26	39	90	-51	28
21	North Leigh	40	2	5	33	23	110	-87	11

Division One Central Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

30th April 2025
Berkhamsted	5 – 0	Hadley
Flackwell Heath	2 – 0	Barton Rovers

Final

5th May 2025
Berkhamsted	5 – 0	Flackwell Heath

Division One South

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Yate Town	42	26	10	6	72	38	34	88
2	Evesham United	42	25	7	10	66	36	30	82
3	Bishop’s Cleeve	42	24	6	12	76	34	42	78
4	Malvern Town	42	21	12	9	96	62	34	75
5	Exmouth Town	42	22	8	12	69	39	30	74
6	Mousehole	42	20	12	10	82	54	28	72
7	Bemerton Heath Harlequins	42	21	9	12	79	58	21	72
8	Melksham Town	42	17	12	13	72	54	18	63
9	Falmouth Town	42	17	7	18	62	61	1	58
10	Bideford AFC	42	15	13	14	64	65	-1	58
11	Didcot Town	42	15	12	15	55	63	-8	57
12	Bristol Manor Farm	42	13	16	13	73	70	3	55
13	Westbury United	42	15	10	17	58	57	1	55
14	Bashley	42	14	13	15	54	66	-12	55
15	Willand Rovers	42	13	13	16	61	62	-1	52
16	Tavistock (-1)	42	14	8	20	55	58	-3	49
17	Shaftesbury	42	13	7	22	64	86	-22	46
18	Larkhall Athletic	42	11	10	21	56	79	-23	43
19	Helston Athletic	42	10	11	21	54	100	-46	41
20	Thatcham Town	42	10	9	23	46	78	-32	39
21	Cribbs	42	9	6	27	35	86	-51	33
22	Cinderford Town	42	8	7	27	56	99	-43	31

Hamworthy United resigned from the league.

Division One South Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

30th April 2025
Bishop’s Cleeve	2 – 3	Malvern Town
Evesham United	4 – 1	Exmouth Town

Final

5th May 2025
Evesham United	1 – 0	Malvern Town