# 1999–2000 Southern Football League

The 1999–2000 season was the 97th for the Southern Football League. At the end of the previous season Midland Division was renamed Western Division, and Southern Division was renamed Eastern Division.
Boston United won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the Football Conference. Atherstone United, Gloucester City, Grantham Town and Rothwell Town were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst Folkestone Invicta, Moor Green, Fisher Athletic and Stafford Rangers were promoted from the Eastern and Western divisions, the former two as champions. Fleet Town, Yate Town and Stourbridge were relegated to the eighth level whilst Raunds Town resigned from the league.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:
* Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division:
** Clevedon Town
** Newport, who also changed name to Newport County.
* Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division:
** Havant & Waterlooville
** Margate

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Boston United | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 102 | 39 | +63 | 92 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
| 2 | Burton Albion | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 78 | |
| 3 | Margate | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 77 | |
| 4 | Bath City | 42 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 72 | |
| 5 | King's Lynn | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 71 | |
| 6 | Tamworth | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 80 | 51 | +29 | 70 | |
| 7 | Newport County | 42 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 66 | |
| 8 | Clevedon Town | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 63 | |
| 9 | Ilkeston Town | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 77 | 69 | +8 | 60 | |
| 10 | Weymouth | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 58 | |
| 11 | Halesowen Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 56 | |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 68 | 82 | −14 | 53 | |
| 13 | Havant & Waterlooville | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 52 | |
| 14 | Cambridge City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 52 | |
| 15 | Worcester City | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 50 | |
| 16 | Salisbury City | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 70 | 84 | −14 | 50 | |
| 17 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 51 | 63 | −12 | 48 | |
| 18 | Dorchester Town | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 47 | |
| 19 | Grantham Town | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 63 | 76 | −13 | 47 | Relegated to the Eastern Division |
| 20 | Gloucester City | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 82 | −42 | 38 | Relegated to the Western Division |
| 21 | Rothwell Town | 42 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 85 | −37 | 29 | Relegated to the Eastern Division |
| 22 | Atherstone United | 42 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 30 | 76 | −46 | 28 | Relegated to the Western Division |

## Eastern Division

The Eastern Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season Southern Division and six new clubs:
* Three clubs transferred from the Midland Division:
** Stamford
** VS Rugby
** Wisbech Town
* Plus:
** Burnham, promoted from the Hellenic League
** Hastings Town, demoted from the Premier Division
** Spalding United, promoted from the United Counties League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Fisher Athletic | 42 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 107 | 42 | +65 | 98 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 101 | 39 | +62 | 97 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Newport (Isle of Wight) | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 40 | +34 | 82 | |
| 4 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | +36 | 80 | |
| 5 | Hastings Town | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 76 | 56 | +20 | 75 | |
| 6 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 72 | |
| 7 | Tonbridge Angels | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 82 | 60 | +22 | 70 | |
| 8 | Dartford | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 57 | |
| 9 | Burnham | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 64 | −9 | 54 | |
| 10 | Baldock Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 52 | |
| 11 | Erith & Belvedere | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 51 | |
| 12 | Witney Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 50 | |
| 13 | VS Rugby | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 50 | Transferred to the Western Division |
| 14 | Wisbech Town | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 49 | |
| 15 | Spalding United | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 48 | |
| 16 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 46 | |
| 17 | Stamford | 42 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 45 | |
| 18 | St. Leonards | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 67 | 81 | −14 | 45 | |
| 19 | Raunds Town | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 63 | −19 | 45 | Resigned to the United Counties League |
| 20 | Bashley | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 56 | 95 | −39 | 43 | |
| 21 | Corby Town | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 42 | |
| 22 | Fleet Town | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 54 | 104 | −50 | 32 | Relegated to the Wessex League |
* ↑ Corby Town were deducted three points

## Western Division

The Western Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season Midland Division and six new clubs:
* Two clubs transferred from the Southern Division:
** Cirencester Town
** Yate Town
* Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
** Bromsgrove Rovers
** Gresley Rovers
* Plus:
** Rocester, promoted from the Midland Alliance
** Tiverton Town, promoted from the Western League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 107 | 47 | +60 | 93 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Moor Green | 42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 85 | 33 | +52 | 90 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Hinckley United | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 89 | 47 | +42 | 87 | |
| 4 | Tiverton Town | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 91 | 44 | +47 | 85 | |
| 5 | Solihull Borough | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 85 | 66 | +19 | 71 | |
| 6 | Blakenall | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 69 | |
| 7 | Cirencester Town | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 72 | 64 | +8 | 68 | |
| 8 | Bilston Town | 42 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 66 | |
| 9 | Cinderford Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 62 | |
| 10 | Redditch United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 73 | 65 | +8 | 61 | |
| 11 | Gresley Rovers | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 57 | |
| 12 | Weston-super-Mare | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 57 | |
| 13 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 56 | |
| 14 | Evesham United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 69 | 61 | +8 | 51 | |
| 15 | Bedworth United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 49 | |
| 16 | Rocester | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 63 | 78 | −15 | 48 | |
| 17 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 59 | 72 | −13 | 46 | |
| 18 | Shepshed Dynamo | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 43 | |
| 19 | Paget Rangers | 42 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 44 | 79 | −35 | 37 | |
| 20 | Racing Club Warwick | 42 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 41 | 82 | −41 | 35 | |
| 21 | Stourbridge | 42 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 45 | 101 | −56 | 33 | Relegated to the Midland Alliance |
| 22 | Yate Town | 42 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 28 | 106 | −78 | 12 | Relegated to the Hellenic League |