Southern Football League 2025/26

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Harborough Town are Southern League champions.

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 and Quorn.

Honours

	Winners	Runners Up
Premier Division Central	Harborough Town	Spalding United
Premier Division South	Walton & Hersham	Farnham Town
Division One Central	Leighton Town	Hitchin Town
Division One South	Frome Town	Portishead Town

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

From the National League

Needham Market and Weymouth.

From the Isthmian League

Bury Town, Farnham Town, Rayners Lane and Uxbridge.

From the Northern Premier League

Quorn and Worcester City.

From the Hellenic League

Hartpury and Sporting Club Inkberrow.

From the Spartan South Midlands League

London Lions and Milton Keynes Irish.

From the Western League

Brixham AFC and Portishead Town.

Premier Division Central

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Harborough Town	42	28	11	3	81	33	48	95
2	Spalding United	42	25	10	7	103	54	49	85
3	Real Bedford	42	24	9	9	84	47	37	81
4	Kettering Town	42	21	9	12	74	52	22	72
5	Halesowen Town	42	20	10	12	85	60	25	70
6	Needham Market	42	20	10	12	64	53	11	70
7	Redditch United	42	21	7	14	67	58	9	70
8	Quorn	42	19	8	15	78	71	7	65
9	Worcester City	42	17	12	13	64	44	20	63
10	Leiston	42	16	15	11	65	58	7	63
11	Stratford Town	42	17	10	15	61	54	7	61
12	Banbury United	42	17	9	16	51	56	-5	60
13	Bury Town	42	15	13	14	61	53	8	58
14	Alvechurch	42	14	8	20	49	55	-6	50
15	Stourbridge	42	12	14	16	58	68	-10	50
16	Bishop’s Stortford	42	13	10	19	53	67	-14	49
17	Stamford	42	13	8	21	41	64	-23	47
18	Bromsgrove Sporting	42	12	8	22	52	73	-21	44
19	St. Ives Town	42	9	12	21	50	73	-23	39
20	Barwell	42	9	8	25	52	85	-33	35
21	Royston Town	42	5	10	27	35	82	-47	25
22	AFC Sudbury	42	6	7	29	47	115	-68	25

Premier Division Central Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

29th April 2026
Real Bedford	3 – 1	Kettering Town
Spalding United	1 – 0	Halesowen Town

Final

4th May 2026
Spalding United	4 – 2	Real Bedford

Premier Division South

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Walton & Hersham	42	29	5	8	94	42	52	92
2	Farnham Town	42	25	9	8	90	50	40	84
3	Gloucester City	42	25	7	10	93	51	42	82
4	Poole Town	42	21	12	9	80	50	30	75
5	Berkhamsted	42	21	9	12	62	50	12	72
6	Sholing	42	18	15	9	74	53	21	69
7	Chertsey Town	42	19	10	13	64	55	9	67
8	Gosport Borough	42	19	6	17	74	75	-1	63
9	Uxbridge	42	15	14	13	74	70	4	59
10	Havant & Waterlooville	42	17	7	18	78	70	8	58
11	Plymouth Parkway	42	16	8	18	64	79	-15	56
12	Bracknell Town	42	15	10	17	70	71	-1	55
13	Yate Town	42	14	10	18	57	62	-5	52
14	Hanwell Town	42	14	10	18	57	63	-6	52
15	Wimborne Town	42	12	15	15	63	62	1	51
16	Taunton Town	42	14	9	19	65	70	-5	51
17	Basingstoke Town	42	14	9	19	61	71	-10	51
18	Evesham United	42	11	14	17	51	62	-11	47
19	Weymouth	42	13	8	21	53	71	-18	47
20	Dorchester Town	42	9	13	20	48	79	-31	40
21	Hungerford Town	42	9	11	22	47	87	-40	38
22	Tiverton Town	42	5	3	34	39	115	-76	18

Premier Division South Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

29th April 2026
Farnham Town	2 – 1	Berkhamsted
Gloucester City	3 – 2 (aet)	Poole Town

Final

4th May 2026
Farnham Town	5 – 1	Gloucester City

Division One Central

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leighton Town	42	31	7	4	109	39	70	100
2	Hitchin Town	42	28	8	6	101	37	64	92
3	Biggleswade	42	27	8	7	102	49	53	89
4	Biggleswade Town	42	24	9	9	104	58	46	81
5	Thame United	42	25	5	12	104	64	40	80
6	Hertford Town	42	24	5	13	110	60	50	77
7	Ware	42	21	6	15	84	59	25	69
8	Welwyn Garden City	42	18	15	9	73	55	18	69
9	Barton Rovers	42	20	9	13	84	71	13	69
10	Hadley	42	18	9	15	79	69	10	63
11	Beaconsfield Town	42	17	10	15	77	77	0	61
12	Leverstock Green	42	15	13	14	74	66	8	58
13	Milton Keynes Irish	42	18	4	20	73	87	-14	58
14	Marlow	42	17	2	23	72	90	-18	53
15	Flackwell Heath	42	14	8	20	69	66	3	50
16	Aylesbury United	42	14	6	22	72	77	-5	48
17	Stotfold	42	15	3	24	66	77	-11	48
18	London Lions	42	13	5	24	62	98	-36	44
19	Enfield	42	10	5	27	54	106	-52	35
20	Northwood	42	5	13	24	50	101	-51	28
21	Rayners Lane	42	5	5	32	41	123	-82	20
22	AFC Dunstable	42	3	5	34	28	159	-131	14

Division One Central Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

29th April 2026
Biggleswade	2 – 1 (aet)	Biggleswade Town
Hitchin Town	1 – 0 (aet)	Thame United

Final

4th May 2026
Hitchin Town	2 – 1	Biggleswade

Division One South

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Frome Town	42	32	6	4	97	32	65	102
2	Portishead Town	42	30	5	7	110	37	73	95
3	Malvern Town	42	30	5	7	103	61	42	95
4	Winchester City	42	24	10	8	92	52	40	82
5	Shaftesbury	42	25	4	13	96	69	27	79
6	Bishop’s Cleeve	42	23	9	10	77	59	18	78
7	Hartpury	42	20	7	15	83	55	28	67
8	Exmouth Town	42	18	7	17	70	68	2	61
9	Larkhall Athletic	42	18	7	17	74	74	0	61
10	Westbury United	42	17	7	18	46	49	-3	58
11	Sporting Club Inkberrow	42	16	7	19	62	76	-14	55
12	Swindon Supermarine	42	13	11	18	63	61	2	50
13	Didcot Town	42	14	8	20	53	70	-17	50
14	Falmouth Town	42	13	10	19	67	83	-16	49
15	Bristol Manor Farm	42	12	12	18	57	77	-20	48
16	Bideford AFC	42	13	9	20	55	83	-28	48
17	Mousehole (-1)	42	11	13	18	54	64	-10	45
18	Melksham Town	42	11	12	19	45	63	-18	45
19	Willand Rovers	42	11	10	21	54	74	-20	43
20	Bashley	42	10	7	25	50	72	-22	37
21	Brixham AFC	42	10	6	26	47	92	-45	36
22	Tavistock AFC	42	3	4	35	29	113	-84	13

Division One South Promotion Playoffs

Semi Finals

29th April 2026
Malvern Town	2 – 1 (aet)	Bishop’s Cleeve
Winchester City	0 – 2	Shaftesbury

Final

4th May 2026
Malvern Town	3 – 2	Shaftesbury