# 2016–17 Southern Football League

The 2016–17 season was the 114th in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales. From the 2014–15 season onwards, the Southern League is known as Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.
The league constitution was announced on 12 May 2016.

## Premier Division

On 12 May 2016 the league constitution was announced. Later, Cinderford Town, who were originally promoted to the Southern Football League Premier Division as champions of Division One South & West, initially declined promotion due to financial concerns. On 27 May it was confirmed that Cinderford Town would remain in Division One South & West. As a consequence, the team with the best record among those relegated at level 7 - Stamford - were reprieved from relegation. Corby Town, who were originally placed in the Premier Division, were transferred to the Southern Football League to take the vacated place.
On 14 June 2016, Evesham United, who had been transferred from the Southern League Division One South & West to the Northern Premier League First Division South due to Cinderford's refusal to accept promotion, had an appeal against the decision to transfer them leagues heard by the Football Association. On 15 June 2016, they were informed they were successful in their appeal, meaning they would stay in their original league. The knock on effect of this was Cinderford Town were forced to take promotion to the Southern Football League Premier Division. This meant that Corby Town were placed back in the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the 2016–17 season.
The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:
* Two clubs promoted from Division One Central:
** Kings Langley
** St Ives Town
* Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West:
** Banbury United
** Cinderford Town
* Two clubs relegated from the National League South:
** Basingstoke Town
** Hayes & Yeading United

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chippenham Town | 46 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 94 | 47 | +47 | 103 | Promoted to the National League South |
| 2 | Leamington | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 74 | 32 | +42 | 92 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the National League North |
| 3 | Merthyr Town | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 92 | 42 | +50 | 89 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 4 | Hitchin Town | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 79 | 45 | +34 | 86 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 5 | Slough Town | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 84 | 56 | +28 | 85 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Banbury United | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 80 | |
| 7 | Biggleswade Town | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 85 | 59 | +26 | 74 | |
| 8 | Frome Town | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 80 | 67 | +13 | 74 | |
| 9 | Kettering Town | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 84 | 66 | +18 | 73 | |
| 10 | Weymouth | 46 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 79 | 58 | +21 | 66 | |
| 11 | Chesham United | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 64 | |
| 12 | Basingstoke Town | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 65 | 72 | −7 | 62 | |
| 13 | King's Lynn Town | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 60 | |
| 14 | Stratford Town | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 56 | |
| 15 | St Ives Town | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 49 | 70 | −21 | 56 | |
| 16 | Dunstable Town | 46 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 54 | |
| 17 | Redditch United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 50 | |
| 18 | Dorchester Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 48 | |
| 19 | St Neots Town | 46 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 66 | 101 | −35 | 48 | |
| 20 | Kings Langley | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 47 | |
| 21 | Cambridge City | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 47 | Relegated to the East Division |
| 22 | Cirencester Town | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 54 | 92 | −38 | 42 | Relegated to the West Division |
| 23 | Hayes & Yeading United | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 48 | 81 | −33 | 41 | Relegated to the East Division |
| 24 | Cinderford Town | 46 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 49 | 106 | −57 | 27 | Relegated to the West Division |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League North / South

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Leamington | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Slough Town | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Slough Town | 0 | Leamington | Leamington | 2 |
| | | | Hitchin Town | Hitchin Town | 1 |
| 3 | Merthyr Town | 1 (1) | Hitchin Town | Hitchin Town | 1 |
| 4 | Hitchin Town | 1 (4) | | | |
Semi-finals
Final

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAN | BAS | BIG | CAM | CHE | CHI | CIN | CIR | DOR | DUN | FRO | H&Y | HIT | KET | KLT | KIL | LEA | MER | RED | SLO | STI | STN | STR | WEY |
| Banbury United | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Basingstoke Town | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–6 |
| Biggleswade Town | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Cambridge City | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Chesham United | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Chippenham Town | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Cinderford Town | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Cirencester Town | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Dorchester Town | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Dunstable Town | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Frome Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Hayes & Yeading United | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Hitchin Town | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Kettering Town | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| King's Lynn Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–6 |
| Kings Langley | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Leamington | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Merthyr Town | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Redditch United | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Slough Town | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| St Ives Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| St Neots Town | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Stratford Town | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–2 | | 0–5 |
| Weymouth | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Banbury United | Spencer Stadium | 2,000 |
| Basingstoke Town | The Camrose | 6,000 |
| Biggleswade Town | The Carlsberg Stadium | 3,000 |
| Chesham United | The Meadow | 5,000 |
| Chippenham Town | Hardenhuish Park | 2,815 |
| Cinderford Town | Causeway Ground | 3,500 |
| Cirencester Town | Corinium Stadium | 4,500 |
| Dorchester Town | The Avenue Stadium | 5,009 |
| Dunstable Town | Creasey Park | 3,200 |
| Frome Town | Badgers Hill | 2,000 |
| Hayes & Yeading United | Beaconsfield Road | |
| Hitchin Town | Top Field | 4,000 |
| Kettering Town | Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers) | 2,400 |
| King's Lynn Town | The Walks | 5,733 |
| Kings Langley | CRY Community Stadium | 1,963 |
| Leamington | New Windmill Ground | 3,000 |
| Merthyr Town | Penydarren Park | 10,000 |
| Redditch United | The Valley | 5,000 |
| Slough Town | Arbour Park | 1,950 |
| St Ives Town | Westwood Road | 2,000 |
| St Neots Town | New Rowley Park | 3,500 |
| Stratford Town | DCS Stadium | 1,400 |
| Weymouth | Bob Lucas Stadium | 6,600 |

## Division One Central

On 12 May 2016 the league constitution was announced. Three Division One Central clubs were moved to the parallel divisions: AFC Rushden & Diamonds were transferred to Northern Premier League Division One South, Godalming Town to Isthmian League Division One South and Ware to Isthmian League Division One North.
Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from previous season and seven new clubs:
* AFC Dunstable, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League
* AFC Kempston Rovers, promoted from the United Counties League
* Ashford Town, promoted from the Combined Counties League
* Farnborough, demoted from the Isthmian League Premier Division
* Histon, relegated from the Premier Division
* Kidlington, promoted from the Hellenic League
* Marlow, transferred from Division One South & West

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Royston Town | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 121 | 48 | +73 | 102 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Farnborough | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 96 | 51 | +45 | 90 | Qualified for play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 91 | 66 | +25 | 77 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 4 | Marlow | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 77 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 5 | Egham Town | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 79 | 51 | +28 | 74 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | AFC Kempston Rovers | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 82 | 61 | +21 | 73 | |
| 7 | AFC Dunstable | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 85 | 53 | +32 | 71 | |
| 8 | Bedford Town | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 67 | |
| 9 | Potters Bar Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 71 | 61 | +10 | 62 | Transferred to the Isthmian League North Division |
| 10 | Ashford Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 73 | 71 | +2 | 59 | |
| 11 | Hanwell Town | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 64 | 67 | −3 | 57 | |
| 12 | Kidlington | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 70 | 79 | −9 | 56 | Transferred to the West Division |
| 13 | Aylesbury United | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 58 | 68 | −10 | 55 | |
| 14 | Fleet Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 72 | 81 | −9 | 50 | |
| 15 | Arlesey Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 50 | |
| 16 | Beaconsfield SYCOB | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 81 | 85 | −4 | 48 | |
| 17 | Uxbridge | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 67 | 80 | −13 | 47 | |
| 18 | Chalfont St Peter | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 49 | 77 | −28 | 47 | |
| 19 | Aylesbury | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 44 | |
| 20 | Northwood | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 57 | 88 | −31 | 39 | |
| 21 | Histon | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 54 | 93 | −39 | 34 | Relegated to the Eastern Counties League |
| 22 | Petersfield Town | 42 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 32 | 127 | −95 | 9 | Relegated to the Wessex League |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier Division.
* ↑ Hanwell Town were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ Kidlington were deducted three points for fielding a suspended player.

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Farnborough | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Egham Town | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Egham Town | 0 | Farnborough | Farnborough | 2 |
| | | | Barton Rovers | Barton Rovers | 0 |
| 3 | Barton Rovers | 2 | Barton Rovers | Barton Rovers | 0 |
| 4 | Marlow | 0 | | | |
Semi-finals
Final

### Results

| Home \ Away | AFD | KEM | ARL | ASH | AYB | AYL | BAR | BEA | BED | CHA | EGH | FAR | FLE | HAN | HIS | KID | MAR | NOR | PET | POT | ROY | UXB |
| AFC Dunstable | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Kempston Rovers | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Arlesey Town | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 0–3 |
| Ashford Town | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
| Aylesbury | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–2 |
| Aylesbury United | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Barton Rovers | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–6 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 |
| Beaconsfield Town | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 4–6 | 1–2 |
| Bedford Town | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Chalfont St Peter | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Egham Town | 3–4 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–4 |
| Farnborough | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 4–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 |
| Fleet Town | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Hanwell Town | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Histon | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 4–5 | 0–0 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Kidlington | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Marlow | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Northwood | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Petersfield Town | 0–7 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Potters Bar Town | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Royston Town | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | | 5–2 |
| Uxbridge | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| AFC Dunstable | Creasey Park (groundshare with Dunstable Town) | 3,500 |
| Arlesey Town | Hitchin Road | 2,920 |
| Ashford Town | Robert Parker Stadium | 2,550 |
| Aylesbury | Haywood Way | 1,300 |
| Aylesbury United | The ASM Stadium (groundshare with Thame United) | 2,000 |
| Barton Rovers | Sharpenhoe Road | 4,000 |
| Beaconsfield SYCOB | Holloways Park | 3,500 |
| Bedford Town | The Eyrie | 3,000 |
| Chalfont St Peter | Mill Meadow | 1,500 |
| Egham Town | The Runnymede Stadium | 5,565 |
| Farnborough | Cherrywood Road | 7,000 |
| Fleet Town | Calthorpe Park | 2,000 |
| Hanwell Town | Reynolds Field | 3,000 |
| Histon | Bridge Road | 4,300 |
| Kempston Rovers | Hillgrounds Leisure | 2,000 |
| Kidlington | Yarnton Road | 1,500 |
| Marlow | Alfred Davis Memorial Ground | 3,000 |
| Northwood | Northwood Park | 3,075 |
| Petersfield Town | The Love Lane Stadium | 3,000 |
| Potters Bar Town | Parkfield | 2,000 |
| Royston Town | Garden Walk | 5,000 |
| Uxbridge | Honeycroft | 3,770 |

## Division One South & West

On 12 May 2016 the league constitution was announced. One Division One South & West club were moved to the parallel division: Marlow were transferred to Division One Central. Later, Cinderford Town, who were originally promoted to the Premier Division as champions of Division One South & West, declined promotion due to financial concerns. On 27 May it was confirmed that Cinderford Town would remain in Division One South & West. As a consequence, Evesham United were transferred to the Northern Premier League Division One South to create a place for Cinderford Town.
On 14 June 2016, Evesham United, who had been transferred from the Southern League Division One South & West to the Northern Premier League First Division South due to Cinderford's refusal to accept promotion, had an appeal against the decision to transfer them leagues heard by the Football Association. On 15 June 2016, they were informed they were successful in their appeal, meaning they would stay in their original league. The knock on effect of this was Cinderford Town were forced to take promotion to the Southern Football League Premier Division.
Thus, Division One South & West featured five new clubs:
* Barnstaple Town, promoted from the Western League
* Bideford, relegated from the Premier Division
* Hereford, promoted from the Midland League
* Paulton Rovers, relegated from the Premier Division
* Salisbury, promoted from the Wessex League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hereford | 42 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 108 | 32 | +76 | 107 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Salisbury | 42 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 118 | 52 | +66 | 89 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 3 | Tiverton Town | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 92 | 50 | +42 | 88 | Qualified for play-offs then promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Taunton Town | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 114 | 42 | +72 | 85 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 5 | Evesham United | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 88 | 50 | +38 | 80 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 6 | Swindon Supermarine | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 85 | 57 | +28 | 72 | |
| 7 | North Leigh | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 84 | 65 | +19 | 71 | |
| 8 | Mangotsfield United | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 73 | 69 | +4 | 70 | |
| 9 | Shortwood United | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 65 | 77 | −12 | 62 | |
| 10 | Bideford | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 57 | |
| 11 | Wimborne Town | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 67 | 68 | −1 | 57 | |
| 12 | Didcot Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 71 | −1 | 54 | |
| 13 | Larkhall Athletic | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 53 | |
| 14 | Winchester City | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 62 | 70 | −8 | 53 | |
| 15 | Paulton Rovers | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 62 | 69 | −7 | 51 | |
| 16 | Bishop's Cleeve | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 66 | 86 | −20 | 50 | |
| 17 | Barnstaple Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 52 | 68 | −16 | 45 | |
| 18 | Yate Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 49 | 77 | −28 | 44 | |
| 19 | AFC Totton | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 49 | 86 | −37 | 39 | |
| 20 | Slimbridge | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 47 | 90 | −43 | 37 | |
| 21 | Wantage Town | 42 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 110 | −81 | 21 | Relegated to the Hellenic League |
| 22 | Bridgwater Town | 42 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 117 | −94 | 10 | Relegated to the Western League |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier Division
* ↑ Taunton Town were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Shortwood United on 6 August 2016.
* ↑ North Leigh were deducted four points for fielding ineligible players

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Salisbury | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Evesham United | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Evesham United | 1 | Salisbury | Salisbury | 0 |
| | | | Tiverton Town | Tiverton Town | 2 |
| 3 | Tiverton Town | 3 | Tiverton Town | Tiverton Town | 2 |
| 4 | Taunton Town | 1 | | | |
Semi-finals
Final

### Results

| Home \ Away | TOT | BAR | BID | BIS | BRI | DID | EVE | HER | LAR | MAN | NOR | PAU | SAL | SHT | SLI | SWI | TAU | TIV | WAN | WIM | WCC | YAT |
| AFC Totton | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Barnstaple Town | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Bideford | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Bridgwater Town | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Didcot Town | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Evesham United | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Hereford | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Larkhall Athletic | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Mangotsfield United | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| North Leigh | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Paulton Rovers | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Salisbury | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Shortwood United | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 4–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Slimbridge | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–7 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 |
| Swindon Supermarine | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Taunton Town | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 10–2 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Tiverton Town | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Wantage Town | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–9 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Wimborne Town | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Winchester City | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Yate Town | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| AFC Totton | Testwood Stadium | 3,000 |
| Barnstaple Town | Mill Road | 5,000 |
| Bideford | The Sports Ground | 2,000 |
| Bishops Cleeve | Kayte Lane | 1,500 |
| Bridgwater Town | Fairfax Park | 2,500 |
| Didcot Town | Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium | 3,000 |
| Evesham United | Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium | 3,000 |
| Hereford | Edgar Street | 4,913 |
| Larkhall Athletic | The Plain Ham Ground | 1,000 |
| Mangotsfield United | Cossham Street | 2,500 |
| North Leigh | Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground | 2,000 |
| Paulton Rovers | Athletic Field | 2,500 |
| Salisbury | Raymond McEnhill Stadium | 5,000 |
| Shortwood United | Meadowbank Ground | 2,000 |
| Slimbridge | Thornhill Park | 1,500 |
| Swindon Supermarine | Hunts Copse Ground | 3,000 |
| Taunton Town | The Viridor Stadium | 2,500 |
| Tiverton Town | Ladysmead | 3,500 |
| Wantage Town | Alfredian Park | 1,500 |
| Wimborne Town | The Cuthbury | 3,250 |
| Winchester City | The City Ground | 4,500 |
| Yate Town | Lodge Road | 2,000 |

## League Cup

The 2016–17 Southern League Cup (billed as The League Challenge Cup) was the 79th edition of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.