# 1992–93 Southern Football League

The 1992–93 Southern Football League season was the 90th in the history of the league, an English football competition.
Dover Athletic won the Premier Division to earned promotion to the Football Conference. VS Rugby and Weymouth were relegated to the Midland and Southern Division respectively, whilst Dartford withdrew from the league after four matches due to financial problems and joined the Kent League the following season. Nuneaton Borough, Sittingbourne and Gresley Rovers (in their first season in the Southern League) were promoted to the Premier Division, the former two as champions. Despite finishing second in the Southern Division, Salisbury were denied promotion due to ground grading, saving Premier Division club Moor Green from relegation. Barry Town left the Southern League to join the League of Wales, whilst Andover dropped into the Wessex League.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
* Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division:
** Hednesford Town
** Solihull Borough
* Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division:
** Hastings Town
** Weymouth
* Plus:
** Cheltenham Town, relegated from the Football Conference

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Dover Athletic | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 86 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 73 | |
| 3 | Corby Town | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 72 | |
| 4 | Hednesford Town | 40 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 70 | |
| 5 | Trowbridge Town | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 70 | 66 | +4 | 62 | |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 68 | 59 | +9 | 60 | |
| 7 | Solihull Borough | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 59 | +9 | 60 | |
| 8 | Burton Albion | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 59 | |
| 9 | Bashley | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 59 | |
| 10 | Halesowen Town | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 56 | |
| 11 | Waterlooville | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 54 | |
| 12 | Chelmsford City | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 54 | |
| 13 | Gloucester City | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 53 | |
| 14 | Cambridge City | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 73 | −11 | 52 | |
| 15 | Atherstone United | 40 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 50 | |
| 16 | Hastings Town | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 50 | |
| 17 | Worcester City | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 45 | |
| 18 | Dorchester Town | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 52 | 74 | −22 | 42 | |
| 19 | Moor Green | 40 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 36 | |
| 20 | VS Rugby | 40 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 36 | Relegated to the Midland Division |
| 21 | Weymouth | 40 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 82 | −43 | 23 | Relegated to the Southern Division |
| 22 | Dartford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned mid-season, record expunged, dropped into Kent League |
* ↑ Bashley were deducted three points.
* ↑ Atherstone United were deducted three points.
* ↑ Weymouth were deducted two points.

## Midland Division

The Midland Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
* Evesham United, promoted from the Midland Combination
* Gresley Rovers, promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League
* Weston-super-Mare, promoted from the Western League
At the end of the previous season Stroud reverted name to Forest Green Rovers, while Rushden Town merged with the United Counties League club Irthlingborough Diamonds to create new club Rushden & Diamonds, who took over place in the Midland Division.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 102 | 45 | +57 | 92 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Gresley Rovers | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 94 | 55 | +39 | 87 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 85 | 41 | +44 | 85 | |
| 4 | Barry Town | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 82 | 49 | +33 | 83 | Transferred to the League of Wales |
| 5 | Newport | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 73 | 58 | +15 | 77 | |
| 6 | Bedworth United | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 74 | |
| 7 | Stourbridge | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 93 | 79 | +14 | 60 | |
| 8 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 78 | +4 | 60 | |
| 9 | Redditch United | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 75 | 79 | −4 | 60 | |
| 10 | Tamworth | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 59 | |
| 11 | Weston-super-Mare | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 79 | 86 | −7 | 58 | |
| 12 | Leicester United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 57 | |
| 13 | Grantham Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 73 | −13 | 57 | |
| 14 | Bilston Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 74 | 69 | +5 | 55 | |
| 15 | Evesham United | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 83 | −16 | 53 | |
| 16 | Bridgnorth Town | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 52 | |
| 17 | Dudley Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 60 | 75 | −15 | 50 | |
| 18 | Yate Town | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 63 | 81 | −18 | 50 | |
| 19 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 61 | 97 | −36 | 42 | |
| 20 | Hinckley Town | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 56 | 89 | −33 | 37 | |
| 21 | King's Lynn | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 45 | 90 | −45 | 36 | |
| 22 | Racing Club Warwick | 42 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 40 | 88 | −48 | 16 | |
* ↑ Hinckley Town were deducted one point.

## Southern Division

The Southern Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:
* Fisher Athletic
* Gravesend & Northfleet
* Poole Town
* Wealdstone
At the end of the season Salisbury changed name to Salisbury City, and Fisher Athletic changed name to Fisher.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 102 | 43 | +59 | 90 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Salisbury | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 87 | 50 | +37 | 88 | |
| 3 | Witney Town | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 77 | 37 | +40 | 84 | |
| 4 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 99 | 63 | +36 | 79 | |
| 5 | Havant Town | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 75 | |
| 6 | Sudbury Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 89 | 54 | +35 | 71 | |
| 7 | Erith & Belvedere | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 73 | 66 | +7 | 71 | |
| 8 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 91 | 66 | +25 | 68 | |
| 9 | Braintree Town | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 95 | 65 | +30 | 66 | |
| 10 | Margate | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 64 | |
| 11 | Wealdstone | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 75 | 69 | +6 | 61 | |
| 12 | Buckingham Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 59 | |
| 13 | Baldock Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 54 | |
| 14 | Poole Town | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 52 | |
| 15 | Fareham Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 50 | |
| 16 | Burnham | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 53 | 77 | −24 | 50 | |
| 17 | Canterbury City | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 46 | |
| 18 | Newport (Isle of Wight) | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 43 | |
| 19 | Fisher Athletic | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 98 | −60 | 33 | |
| 20 | Andover | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 42 | 99 | −57 | 30 | Dropped into Wessex League |
| 21 | Dunstable | 42 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 92 | −50 | 29 | |
| 22 | Bury Town | 42 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 46 | 119 | −73 | 29 | |