# 1974–75 Southern Football League

The 1974–75 Southern Football League season was the 72nd in the history of the league, an English football competition.
Wimbledon won the championship, winning their first Southern League title, whilst Bedford Town, Dunstable Town, Gravesend & Northfleet and Hillingdon Borough were all promoted to the Premier Division. Eight 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:
* Two clubs promoted from Division One North:
** Burton Albion
** Stourbridge
* Two clubs promoted from Division One South:
** Bath City
** Wealdstone

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Wimbledon | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 63 | 33 | 1.909 | 57 | |
| 2 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 37 | 1.514 | 54 | |
| 3 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 64 | 34 | 1.882 | 51 | |
| 4 | Kettering Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 73 | 41 | 1.780 | 50 | |
| 5 | Burton Albion | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 54 | 48 | 1.125 | 49 | |
| 6 | Bath City | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 63 | 50 | 1.260 | 48 | |
| 7 | Margate | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 64 | 1.000 | 46 | |
| 8 | Wealdstone | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 61 | 1.016 | 45 | |
| 9 | Telford United | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 56 | 0.982 | 45 | |
| 10 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 51 | 1.216 | 44 | |
| 11 | Grantham | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 62 | 1.129 | 43 | |
| 12 | Dover | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 53 | 0.811 | 43 | |
| 13 | Maidstone United | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 50 | 1.040 | 42 | |
| 14 | Atherstone Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 53 | 0.906 | 42 | |
| 15 | Weymouth | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 66 | 58 | 1.138 | 39 | |
| 16 | Stourbridge | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 56 | 70 | 0.800 | 38 | |
| 17 | Cambridge City | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 56 | 0.911 | 36 | |
| 18 | Tonbridge | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 66 | 0.667 | 34 | |
| 19 | Romford | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 | 33 | Relegated to Division One South |
| 20 | Dartford | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 70 | 0.743 | 31 | Relegated to Division One South |
| 21 | Barnet | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 76 | 0.579 | 29 | Relegated to Division One North |
| 22 | Guildford & Dorking United | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 45 | 82 | 0.549 | 25 | Relegated to Division One South |

## Division One North

Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:
* Bedford Town
* Worcester City
Also, at the end of the previous season Bletchley Town was renamed Milton Keynes City.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bedford Town | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 85 | 33 | 2.576 | 65 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Dunstable Town | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 105 | 61 | 1.721 | 58 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | AP Leamington | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 68 | 48 | 1.417 | 57 | |
| 4 | Redditch United | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 76 | 40 | 1.900 | 56 | |
| 5 | Worcester City | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 84 | 50 | 1.680 | 56 | |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 72 | 53 | 1.358 | 51 | |
| 7 | Tamworth | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 74 | 53 | 1.396 | 50 | |
| 8 | King's Lynn | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 64 | 1.109 | 48 | |
| 9 | Enderby Town | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 48 | 1.271 | 46 | |
| 10 | Banbury United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 51 | 1.020 | 46 | |
| 11 | Stevenage Athletic | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 48 | 1.292 | 45 | |
| 12 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 63 | 52 | 1.212 | 45 | |
| 13 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 53 | 64 | 0.828 | 37 | |
| 14 | Witney Town | 42 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 57 | 76 | 0.750 | 36 | |
| 15 | Corby Town | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 60 | 57 | 1.053 | 35 | |
| 16 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 66 | 0.758 | 35 | |
| 17 | Gloucester City | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 75 | 0.733 | 34 | |
| 18 | Wellingborough Town | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 61 | 0.689 | 31 | |
| 19 | Barry Town | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 49 | 73 | 0.671 | 30 | |
| 20 | Bedworth United | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 60 | 91 | 0.659 | 27 | |
| 21 | Milton Keynes City | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 48 | 100 | 0.480 | 19 | |
| 22 | Bury Town | 42 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 119 | 0.303 | 17 | |

## Division One South

Division One South consisted of 20 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and two clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:
* Folkestone, who was renamed Folkestone & Shepway at the end of the previous season
* Hillingdon Borough

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 70 | 30 | 2.333 | 60 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Hillingdon Borough | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 87 | 45 | 1.933 | 52 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Minehead | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 74 | 33 | 2.242 | 51 | |
| 4 | Ramsgate | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 70 | 37 | 1.892 | 49 | |
| 5 | Bexley United | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 44 | 1.386 | 45 | |
| 6 | Waterlooville | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 67 | 49 | 1.367 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 55 | 1.164 | 44 | |
| 8 | Basingstoke Town | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 50 | 1.280 | 43 | |
| 9 | Canterbury City | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 43 | 1.256 | 41 | |
| 10 | Hastings United | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 45 | 1.200 | 40 | |
| 11 | Poole Town | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 50 | 60 | 0.833 | 35 | |
| 12 | Metropolitan Police | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 66 | 0.818 | 35 | |
| 13 | Folkestone & Shepway | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 53 | 57 | 0.930 | 34 | |
| 14 | Andover | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 71 | 0.732 | 32 | |
| 15 | Bognor Regis Town | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 49 | 64 | 0.766 | 31 | |
| 16 | Salisbury | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 66 | 0.682 | 29 | |
| 17 | Trowbridge Town | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 48 | 76 | 0.632 | 29 | |
| 18 | Bideford | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 71 | 0.563 | 28 | Resigned to the Western Football League |
| 19 | Dorchester Town | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 63 | 0.635 | 26 | |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 38 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 31 | 102 | 0.304 | 11 | |

## Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 12 non-League clubs applied for election, eight of which were Southern League clubs. All the League clubs were re-elected.
| Club | League | Votes |
| Swansea City | Football League | 43 |
| Scunthorpe United | Football League | 41 |
| Darlington | Football League | 32 |
| Workington | Football League | 28 |
| Kettering Town | Southern League | 20 |
| Yeovil Town | Southern League | 8 |
| Wimbledon | Southern League | 4 |
| Bedford Town | Southern League | 2 |
| Goole Town | Northern Premier League | 2 |
| Scarborough | Northern Premier League | 2 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | Northern Premier League | 1 |
| Nuneaton Borough | Southern League | 1 |
| Telford United | Southern League | 1 |
| Weymouth | Southern League | 1 |
| Boston United | Northern Premier League | 0 |
| Chelmsford City | Southern League | 0 |