# 2017–18 Southern Football League

The 2017–18 season was the 115th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. It was also the last to have a single Premier Division. 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 in May 2017.

## Premier Division

At the end of the season a new division was to be created at step 3. Also, the number of clubs in step 3 divisions was reduced from 24 to 22. To make up the number of clubs at step 3 only one Premier Division club was to be relegated this 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:
** Farnborough
** Royston Town
* Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West:
** Hereford
** Tiverton Town
* Two clubs relegated from the National League South:
** Bishop's Stortford
** Gosport Borough

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hereford | 46 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 111 | 33 | +78 | 113 | Promoted to the National League North |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 46 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 99 | 39 | +60 | 100 | Qualified for the play-offs, then placed to Premier Division Central |
| 3 | Slough Town | 46 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 111 | 49 | +62 | 99 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the National League South |
| 4 | Kettering Town | 46 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 122 | 56 | +66 | 97 | Qualified for the play-offs, then placed to Premier Division Central |
| 5 | Weymouth | 46 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 103 | 48 | +55 | 97 | Qualified for the play-offs, then placed to Premier Division South |
| 6 | Tiverton Town | 46 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 78 | 69 | +9 | 78 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 7 | Royston Town | 46 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 84 | 65 | +19 | 77 | Placed to Premier Division Central |
| 8 | Chesham United | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 85 | 61 | +24 | 74 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 9 | Banbury United | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 90 | 59 | +31 | 72 | Placed to Premier Division Central |
| 10 | Basingstoke Town | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 92 | 72 | +20 | 71 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 11 | Hitchin Town | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 66 | Placed to Premier Division Central |
| 12 | St Neots Town | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 79 | 79 | 0 | 64 | Placed to Premier Division Central |
| 13 | Frome Town | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 78 | 96 | −18 | 61 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 14 | Redditch United | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 55 | Placed to Premier Division Central |
| 15 | Stratford Town | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 68 | 81 | −13 | 55 | Placed to Premier Division Central |
| 16 | Biggleswade Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 53 | Placed to Premier Division Central |
| 17 | Merthyr Town | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 76 | 98 | −22 | 53 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 18 | Bishop's Stortford | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 74 | 79 | −5 | 52 | Transferred to Isthmian League Premier Division |
| 19 | Dorchester Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 62 | 83 | −21 | 51 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 20 | Farnborough | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 82 | 120 | −38 | 51 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 21 | Kings Langley | 46 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 63 | 98 | −35 | 38 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 22 | St Ives Town | 46 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 54 | 105 | −51 | 33 | Placed to Premier Division Central |
| 23 | Gosport Borough | 46 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 142 | −101 | 19 | Placed to Premier Division South |
| 24 | Dunstable Town | 46 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 137 | −110 | 17 | Relegated to Division One Central |
* ↑ Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the National League North / South.
* ↑ Gosport Borough were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player in their draw against Biggleswade Town on 31 March.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BAN | BAS | BIG | BST | CHE | DOR | DUN | FAR | FRO | GOS | HER | HIT | KET | KLT | KIL | MER | RED | ROY | SLO | STI | STN | STR | TIV | WEY |
| Banbury United | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Basingstoke Town | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 3–3 |
| Biggleswade Town | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Chesham United | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 13–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 |
| Dorchester Town | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 7–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Dunstable Town | 0–5 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Farnborough | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–6 |
| Frome Town | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Gosport Borough | 0–4 | 0–8 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 7–0 | | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–4 |
| Hereford | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hitchin Town | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Kettering Town | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| King's Lynn Town | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Kings Langley | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–7 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Merthyr Town | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Redditch United | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Royston Town | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Slough Town | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| St Ives Town | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| St Neots Town | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Stratford Town | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Tiverton Town | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Weymouth | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Weymouth | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Weymouth | 0 | 2 | King's Lynn Town | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Slough Town | 2 |
| 3 | Slough Town | 3 | 3 | Slough Town | 2 |
| 4 | Kettering Town | 1 | | | |
Semi-finals
Final

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| Banbury United | Spencer Stadium | 2,000 |
| Basingstoke Town | The Camrose | 6,000 |
| Biggleswade Town | Langford Road | 3,000 |
| Bishop's Stortford | Woodside Park | 4,525 |
| Chesham United | The Meadow | 5,000 |
| Dorchester Town | The Avenue Stadium | 5,009 |
| Dunstable Town | Creasey Park | 3,200 |
| Farnborough | Cherrywood Road | 7,000 |
| Frome Town | Badgers Hill | 2,000 |
| Gosport Borough | Privett Park | 4,500 |
| Hereford | Edgar Street | 4,913 |
| 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 | Gaywood Park | 1,000 |
| Merthyr Town | Penydarren Park | 10,000 |
| Redditch United | The Valley | 5,000 |
| Royston Town | Garden Walk | 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 | Knights Lane | 1,400 |
| Tiverton Town | Ladysmead | 3,500 |
| Weymouth | Bob Lucas Stadium | 6,600 |

## Division One East

For this season, Division One Central was renamed Division One East.
At the end of the season a new division was to be created at step 3. To make up the number of clubs at step 3 two clubs from each step 4 division, one club with best points-per-game among the step 4 division clubs and six play-off winners were to be promoted this season. Also, a new division were to be added at step 4 within the Isthmian League, while the number of clubs in every step 4 division was decreased to 20. To make up the number of clubs only one club was to be relegated.
Division One East consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season Division One Central, and six new clubs:
* AFC Rushden & Diamonds, transferred from the Northern Premier League Division One South
* Cambridge City, relegated from the Premier Division
* Hartley Wintney, promoted from the Combined Counties League
* Hayes & Yeading United, relegated from the Premier Division
* Moneyfields, promoted from the Wessex League
* Thame United, promoted from the Hellenic League
For 2018–19, Division One East was renamed Division One Central.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Beaconsfield Town | 42 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 99 | 46 | +53 | 92 | Promoted to Premier Division South |
| 2 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 92 | 25 | +67 | 91 | Promoted to Premier Division Central |
| 3 | Hayes & Yeading United | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 103 | 49 | +54 | 83 | Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 4 | Hartley Wintney | 42 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 96 | 53 | +43 | 82 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Premier Division South |
| 5 | AFC Dunstable | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 80 | 37 | +43 | 79 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Cambridge City | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 99 | 53 | +46 | 77 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 7 | Kempston Rovers | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 80 | 68 | +12 | 73 | |
| 8 | Bedford Town | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 72 | |
| 9 | Chalfont St Peter | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 72 | Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 10 | Moneyfields | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 79 | 63 | +16 | 69 | Transferred to Division One South |
| 11 | Thame United | 42 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 84 | 78 | +6 | 64 | |
| 12 | Ashford Town | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 81 | 68 | +13 | 56 | Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 13 | Aylesbury United | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 52 | |
| 14 | Marlow | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 49 | Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 15 | Uxbridge | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 58 | 87 | −29 | 49 | Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 16 | Egham Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 54 | 88 | −34 | 48 | Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 17 | Northwood | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 41 | Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 18 | Hanwell Town | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 48 | 88 | −40 | 34 | Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 19 | Fleet Town | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 86 | −48 | 34 | Transferred to Division One South |
| 20 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 39 | 86 | −47 | 33 | |
| 21 | Aylesbury | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 40 | 88 | −48 | 33 | |
| 22 | Arlesey Town | 42 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 36 | 123 | −87 | 14 | Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League |
* ↑ Four teams played for one spot and promotion to Level 7.
* ↑ Aylesbury United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Ashford Town on 23 January.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | AFD | RUS | ARL | ASH | AYB | AYL | BAR | BEA | BED | CAM | CHA | EGH | FLE | HAN | HAR | H&Y | KEM | MAR | MON | NOR | THA | UXB |
| AFC Dunstable | | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| Arlesey Town | 0–7 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–6 | 1–9 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Ashford Town | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 10–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Aylesbury | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Aylesbury United | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 2–2 |
| Barton Rovers | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Beaconsfield Town | 4–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Bedford Town | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Cambridge City | 0–2 | 0–1 | 7–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | | 0–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 |
| Chalfont St Peter | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Egham Town | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Fleet Town | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 6–0 |
| Hanwell Town | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Hartley Wintney | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 1–6 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Hayes & Yeading United | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| Kempston Rovers | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 |
| Marlow | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Moneyfields | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| Northwood | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Thame United | 0–5 | 0–3 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | | 1–0 |
| Uxbridge | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | |

### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Hayes & Yeading United | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Cambridge City | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Cambridge City | 1 | 4 | Hartley Wintney | 1 |
| | | | 6 | Cambridge City | 0 |
| 4 | Hartley Wintney | 2 | 6 | Cambridge City | 0 |
| 5 | AFC Dunstable | 0 | | | |
Semi-finals
Final

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| AFC Dunstable | Creasey Park (groundshare with Dunstable Town) | 3,500 |
| AFC Kempston Rovers | Hillgrounds Leisure | 2,000 |
| AFC Rushden & Diamonds | Hayden Road | 1,500 |
| Arlesey Town | Hitchin Road | 2,920 |
| Ashford Town | Robert Parker Stadium | 2,550 |
| Aylesbury | Haywood Way | 1,300 |
| Aylesbury United | The Meadow | 5,000 |
| Barton Rovers | Sharpenhoe Road | 4,000 |
| Beaconsfield Town | Holloways Park | 3,500 |
| Bedford Town | The Eyrie | 3,000 |
| Cambridge City | Westwood Road (groundshare with St Ives Town) | 2,000 |
| Chalfont St Peter | Mill Meadow | 1,500 |
| Egham Town | The Runnymede Stadium | 5,565 |
| Fleet Town | Calthorpe Park | 2,000 |
| Hanwell Town | Reynolds Field | 3,000 |
| Hartley Wintney | The Memorial Playing Fields | 2,000 |
| Hayes & Yeading United | Beaconsfield Road | 3,000 |
| Marlow | Alfred Davis Memorial Ground | 3,000 |
| Moneyfields | Moneyfields Sports Ground | 2,000 |
| Northwood | Northwood Park | 3,075 |
| Thame United | Meadow View Park | 2,000 |
| Uxbridge | Honeycroft | 3,770 |

## Division One West

For this season, Division One South & West was renamed Division One West.
At the end of the season a new division was to be created at step 3. To make up the number of clubs at step 3 two clubs from each step 4 division, one club with best points-per-game among the step 4 division clubs and six play-off winners were to be promoted this season. Also, a new division were to be added at step 4 within the Isthmian League, while the number of clubs in every step 4 division was decreased to 20. To make up the number of clubs only one club was to be relegated.
Division One West featured four new clubs:
* Bristol Manor Farm, promoted from the Western League
* Cinderford Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Cirencester Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Kidlington, transferred from Division One Central
For 2018–19, Division One West was renamed Division One South.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Taunton Town | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 107 | 41 | +66 | 103 | Promoted to Premier Division South |
| 2 | Salisbury | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 108 | 55 | +53 | 84 | Promoted to Premier Division South |
| 3 | Wimborne Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 104 | 57 | +47 | 77 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Premier Division South |
| 4 | Evesham United | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 76 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 5 | Swindon Supermarine | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 86 | 54 | +32 | 74 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Premier Division South |
| 6 | Didcot Town | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 89 | 63 | +26 | 73 | Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to Division One Central |
| 7 | Cirencester Town | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 93 | 74 | +19 | 73 | |
| 8 | Bideford | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 79 | 58 | +21 | 72 | |
| 9 | Bristol Manor Farm | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 83 | 61 | +22 | 69 | |
| 10 | AFC Totton | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 66 | |
| 11 | Winchester City | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 73 | 66 | +7 | 61 | |
| 12 | Kidlington | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 80 | 64 | +16 | 57 | Transferred to Division One Central |
| 13 | Cinderford Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 81 | 71 | +10 | 54 | |
| 14 | Yate Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 72 | 74 | −2 | 53 | |
| 15 | Larkhall Athletic | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 66 | 78 | −12 | 45 | |
| 16 | Mangotsfield United | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 53 | 86 | −33 | 41 | |
| 17 | Shortwood United | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 63 | 124 | −61 | 40 | Resigned at the end of the season, then demoted to the Western League |
| 18 | North Leigh | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 53 | 84 | −31 | 38 | Transferred to Division One Central |
| 19 | Paulton Rovers | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 57 | 81 | −24 | 37 | |
| 20 | Slimbridge | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 130 | −76 | 35 | |
| 21 | Barnstaple Town | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 53 | 105 | −52 | 29 | |
| 22 | Bishop's Cleeve | 42 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 43 | 107 | −64 | 24 | Relegated to the Hellenic League |
* ↑ Wimborne Town were promoted after Shaw Lane from the Northern Premier League Premier Division folded.
* ↑ Four teams played for one spot and promotion to Level 7.
* ↑ Yate Town were deducted three points for fielding two ineligible players in their win over Taunton Town on 26 September.
* ↑ Bishop's Cleeve were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Kidlington on 24 March.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | TOT | BAR | BID | BIS | BMF | CIN | CIR | DID | EVE | KID | LAR | MAN | NOR | PAU | SAL | SHT | SLI | SWI | TAU | WIM | WCC | YAT |
| AFC Totton | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Barnstaple Town | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 |
| Bideford | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Bristol Manor Farm | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Cinderford Town | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 9–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Cirencester Town | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 |
| Didcot Town | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 |
| Evesham United | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Kidlington | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Larkhall Athletic | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Mangotsfield United | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| North Leigh | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Paulton Rovers | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Salisbury | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 8–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 6–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 |
| Shortwood United | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–8 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Slimbridge | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–6 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–8 | 2–0 | 1–5 |
| Swindon Supermarine | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 8–0 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Taunton Town | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 9–0 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–4 |
| Wimborne Town | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Winchester City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | | 4–1 |
| Yate Town | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |

### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Wimborne Town | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Didcot Town | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Didcot Town | 0 | 3 | Wimborne Town | 0 (3) |
| | | | 5 | Swindon Supermarine | 0 (4) |
| 4 | Evesham United | 1 (4) | 5 | Swindon Supermarine | 0 (4) |
| 5 | Swindon Supermarine | 1 (5) | | | |
Semi-finals
Final

### Stadia and locations

| Club | 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 |
| Bristol Manor Farm | The Creek | 2,000 |
| Cinderford Town | Causeway Ground | 3,500 |
| Cirencester Town | Corinium Stadium | 4,500 |
| Didcot Town | Loop Meadow | 3,000 |
| Evesham United | Jubilee Stadium | 3,000 |
| Kidlington | Yarnton Road | 1,500 |
| 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 | Wordsworth Drive | 2,500 |
| Wimborne Town | The Cuthbury | 3,250 |
| Winchester City | The City Ground | 4,500 |
| Yate Town | Lodge Road | 2,000 |

## League Cup

The 2017–18 Southern League Cup (billed as The BigFreeBet.com Challenge Cup) was the 80th edition of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.
Hereford, Mangotsfield United, and North Leigh declined to participate. The defending champions, Hayes & Yeading United, were defeated in the semi-finals by Hitchin Town.

### Preliminary round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 1 | Northwood (E) | 1–3 | Egham Town (E) | |

### First round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 2 | Kempston Rovers (E) | 3–1 | King's Lynn Town (P) |
| 3 | Beaconsfield Town (E) | 2–2 | Slough Town (P) |
| Slough Town advance 5–3 on penalties |||||
| 4 | Cambridge City (E) | 6–2 | St Ives Town (P) |
| 5 | Dorchester Town (P) | 1–2 | Salisbury (W) |
| 6 | Hitchin Town (P) | 4–2 | Bishop's Stortford (P) |
| 7 | Paulton Rovers (W) | 1–2 | Frome Town (P) |
| 8 | AFC Dunstable (E) | 1–1 | Dunstable Town (P) |
| AFC Dunstable advance 3–1 on penalties |||||
| 9 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E) | 1–0 | St Neots Town (P) |
| 10 | Arlesey Town (E) | 0–1 | Biggleswade Town (P) |
| 11 | Barnstaple Town (W) | 0–0 | Tiverton Town (P) |
| Barnstaple Town advance 3–2 on penalties |||||
| 12 | Barton Rovers (E) | 0–3 | Royston Town (P) |
| 13 | Bedford Town (E) | 2–4 | Kettering Town (P) |
| 14 | Bideford (W) | 2–2 | Taunton Town (W) |
| Taunton Town advance 5–4 on penalties |||||
| 15 | Chalfont St Peter (E) | 1–1 | Egham Town (E) |
| Egham Town advance 7–6 on penalties |||||
| 16 | Chesham United (P) | 3–0 | Aylesbury (E) |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 17 | Cinderford Town (W) | 3–2 | Slimbridge (W) |
| 18 | Cirencester Town (W) | 1–2 | Larkhall Athletic (W) |
| 19 | Didcot Town (W) | 2–2 | Banbury United (P) |
| Didcot Town advance 5–4 on penalties |||||
| 20 | Fleet Town (E) | 2–6 | Basingstoke Town (P) |
| 21 | Gosport Borough (P) | 2–2 | Moneyfields (E) |
| Moneyfields advance 4–3 on penalties |||||
| 22 | Hanwell Town (E) | 2–1 | Uxbridge (E) |
| 23 | Hayes & Yeading United (E) | 3–0 | Ashford Town (E) |
| 24 | Marlow (E) | 4–2 | Aylesbury United (E) |
| 25 | Redditch United (P) | 9–1 | Bishop's Cleeve (W) |
| 26 | Shortwood United (W) | 7–2 | Merthyr Town (P) |
| 27 | Thame United (E) | 0–4 | Kings Langley (P) |
| 28 | Weymouth (P) | 3–0 | Wimborne Town (W) |
| 29 | Winchester City (W) | 1–4 | AFC Totton (W) |
| 30 | Yate Town (W) | 1–3 | Bristol Manor Farm (W) |
| 31 | Farnborough (P) | 1–6 | Hartley Wintney (E) |
| 32 | Kidlington (W) | 3–0 | Swindon Supermarine (W) |
| 33 | Evesham United (W) | 4–7 | Stratford Town (P) |

### Second round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 34 | Barnstaple Town (W) | 2–4 | Taunton Town (W) |
| 35 | Biggleswade Town (P) | 2–1 | Cambridge City (E) |
| 36 | Chesham United (P) | 4–2 | AFC Dunstable (E) |
| 37 | Kings Langley (P) | 2–4 | Hitchin Town (P) |
| 38 | Moneyfields (E) | 1–4 | Basingstoke Town (P) |
| 39 | Redditch United (P) | 3–0 | Stratford Town (P) |
| 40 | Royston Town (P) | 6–1 | Kempston Rovers (E) |
| Royston Town expelled, Kempston Rovers reinstalled |||||
| 41 | Frome Town (P) | 2–1 | Bristol Manor Farm (W) |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 42 | Kidlington (W) | 1–1 | Didcot Town (W) |
| Didcot Town advance 3–2 on penalties |||||
| 43 | Hartley Wintney (E) | 1–2 | Marlow (E) |
| 44 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E) | 3–2 | Kettering Town (P) |
| 45 | Hanwell Town (E) | 3–5 | Egham Town (E) |
| 46 | Hayes & Yeading United (E) | 3–1 | Slough Town (P) |
| 47 | Shortwood United (W) | 1–3 | Cinderford Town (W) |
| 48 | AFC Totton (W) | 0–1 | Weymouth (P) |
| 49 | Larkhall Athletic (W) | 4–3 | Salisbury (W) |

### Third round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 50 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E) | 0–0 | Hitchin Town (P) |
| Hitchin Town advance 4–3 on penalties |||||
| 51 | Basingstoke Town (P) | 1–3 | Marlow (E) |
| 52 | Biggleswade Town (P) | 0–2 | Kempston Rovers (E) |
| 53 | Cinderford Town (W) | 1–4 | Redditch United (P) |
| 54 | Egham Town (E) | 1–1 | Hayes & Yeading United (E) |
| Hayes & Yeading United advance 4–2 on penalties |||||
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 55 | Weymouth (P) | 0–1 | Larkhall Athletic (W) |
| 56 | Frome Town (P) | W.O. | Taunton Town (W) |
| Taunton Town forfeited due to a lack of available team members |||||
| 57 | Didcot Town (W) | 0–0 | Chesham United (P) |
| Didcot Town advance 5–4 on penalties |||||

### Quarter-finals

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 58 | Didcot Town (W) | 3–0 | Redditch United (P) | |
| 59 | Hitchin Town (P) | 2–0 | Kempston Rovers (E) | |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 60 | Hayes & Yeading United (E) | 6–5 | Marlow (E) | |
| 61 | Frome Town (P) | 0–1 | Larkhall Athletic (W) | |

### Semi-finals

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 62 | Hitchin Town (P) | 1–1 | Hayes & Yeading United (E) |
| Hitchin Town advance 4–2 on penalties |||||
| 63 | Didcot Town (W) | 0–0 | Larkhall Athletic (W) |
| Didcot Town advance 4–2 on penalties |||||