# 1964–65 Southern Football League

The 1964–65 Southern Football League season was the 62nd in the history of the league, an English football competition.
Weymouth won the championship, whilst Corby Town, Hereford United, Poole Town and Wimbledon were all promoted to the Premier Division. Nine Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Cheltenham Town
* Folkestone Town
* King's Lynn
* Tonbridge

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Weymouth | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 99 | 50 | 1.980 | 56 | |
| 2 | Guildford City | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 49 | 1.490 | 54 | |
| 3 | Worcester City | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 100 | 62 | 1.613 | 50 | |
| 4 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 76 | 55 | 1.382 | 50 | |
| 5 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 86 | 77 | 1.117 | 50 | |
| 6 | Margate | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 88 | 79 | 1.114 | 49 | |
| 7 | Dartford | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 74 | 64 | 1.156 | 45 | |
| 8 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 45 | |
| 9 | Cambridge City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 78 | 66 | 1.182 | 43 | |
| 10 | Bedford Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 66 | 70 | 0.943 | 43 | |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 72 | 69 | 1.043 | 41 | |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 72 | 78 | 0.923 | 41 | |
| 13 | Folkestone Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 72 | 79 | 0.911 | 41 | |
| 14 | Romford | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 61 | 70 | 0.871 | 41 | |
| 15 | King's Lynn | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 79 | 0.709 | 39 | |
| 16 | Tonbridge | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 66 | 75 | 0.880 | 36 | |
| 17 | Wellington Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 78 | 0.808 | 36 | |
| 18 | Rugby Town | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 71 | 98 | 0.724 | 36 | |
| 19 | Wisbech Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 75 | 91 | 0.824 | 34 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | Bexley United | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 67 | 74 | 0.905 | 33 | Relegated to Division One |
| 21 | Hastings United | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 58 | 86 | 0.674 | 32 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Bath City | 42 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 60 | 86 | 0.698 | 29 | Relegated to Division One |

## Division One

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
* Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
** Hereford United
** Hinckley Athletic
** Kettering Town
** Merthyr Tydfil
* Plus:
** Wimbledon, transferred from the Isthmian League
Also, Yiewsley changed name to Hillingdon Borough.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hereford United | 42 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 124 | 39 | 3.179 | 72 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Wimbledon | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 108 | 52 | 2.077 | 61 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Poole Town | 42 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 92 | 56 | 1.643 | 58 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Corby Town | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 88 | 55 | 1.600 | 55 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 5 | Stevenage Town | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 83 | 43 | 1.930 | 51 | |
| 6 | Hillingdon Borough | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 105 | 63 | 1.667 | 49 | |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 83 | 52 | 1.596 | 49 | |
| 8 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 75 | 59 | 1.271 | 49 | |
| 9 | Gloucester City | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 68 | 65 | 1.046 | 48 | |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 83 | 75 | 1.107 | 47 | |
| 11 | Canterbury City | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 73 | 53 | 1.377 | 42 | |
| 12 | Kettering Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 74 | 64 | 1.156 | 41 | |
| 13 | Ramsgate Athletic | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 59 | 0.864 | 40 | |
| 14 | Dover | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 54 | 59 | 0.915 | 38 | |
| 15 | Hinckley Athletic | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 81 | 0.704 | 35 | |
| 16 | Trowbridge Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 68 | 106 | 0.642 | 31 | |
| 17 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 60 | 98 | 0.612 | 30 | |
| 18 | Barry Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 47 | 103 | 0.456 | 29 | |
| 19 | Deal Town | 42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 61 | 127 | 0.480 | 27 | |
| 20 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 51 | 107 | 0.477 | 26 | |
| 21 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 57 | 101 | 0.564 | 25 | |
| 22 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 58 | 103 | 0.563 | 21 | |

## Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 14 non-League clubs applied for election, including nine Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.
| Club | League | Votes |
| Lincoln City | Football League | 48 |
| Stockport County | Football League | 45 |
| Barrow | Football League | 41 |
| Halifax Town | Football League | 41 |
| Bedford Town | Southern League | 4 |
| Gateshead | Northern League | 4 |
| Guildford City | Southern League | 3 |
| Hereford United | Southern League | 2 |
| Wigan Athletic | Cheshire League | 2 |
| Cambridge United | Southern League | 1 |
| Morecambe | Lancashire Combination | 1 |
| Romford | Southern League | 1 |
| South Shields | North Eastern League | 1 |
| Wellington Town | Southern League | 1 |
| Wimbledon | Southern League | 1 |
| Bexley United | Southern League | 0 |
| Corby Town | Southern League | 0 |
| New Brighton | Lancashire Combination | 0 |