# 1957–58 Southern Football League

The 1957–58 Southern Football League season was the 55th in the history of the league, an English football competition.
After Llanelly left the league at the end of the previous season, the league consisted of 21 clubs from previous season plus Poole Town, who were elected from the Western League. Gravesend & Northfleet were champions, winning their first Southern League title. Six Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.
The following season the league split into two divisions, a North-West Division and a South-East Division, with thirteen new clubs elected to make up the numbers.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Results |
| 1 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 109 | 71 | 1.535 | 59 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 2 | Bedford Town | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 112 | 64 | 1.750 | 57 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 3 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 93 | 57 | 1.632 | 57 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 4 | Weymouth | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 90 | 61 | 1.475 | 55 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 5 | Worcester City | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 95 | 59 | 1.610 | 53 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 115 | 66 | 1.742 | 52 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 7 | Hereford United | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 79 | 56 | 1.411 | 48 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 8 | Kettering Town | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 99 | 76 | 1.303 | 45 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 9 | Headington United | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 90 | 83 | 1.084 | 43 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 10 | Poole Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 81 | 1.012 | 43 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 11 | Hastings United | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 78 | 77 | 1.013 | 41 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 12 | Gloucester City | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 70 | 70 | 1.000 | 41 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 13 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 84 | 0.833 | 41 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 14 | Dartford | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 66 | 92 | 0.717 | 37 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 15 | Lovells Athletic | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 60 | 83 | 0.723 | 36 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 16 | Bath City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 65 | 64 | 1.016 | 35 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 17 | Guildford City | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 58 | 92 | 0.630 | 34 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 18 | Tonbridge | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 77 | 100 | 0.770 | 33 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 19 | Exeter City II | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 60 | 94 | 0.638 | 32 | Placed in South-East Division |
| 20 | Barry Town | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 101 | 0.713 | 31 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 21 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 60 | 101 | 0.594 | 30 | Placed in North-West Division |
| 22 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 69 | 137 | 0.504 | 21 | Placed in North-West Division |

## Football League elections

Six Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.
| Club | League | Votes |
| Millwall | Football League | 46 |
| Exeter City | Football League | 43 |
| Southport | Football League | 41 |
| Crewe Alexandra | Football League | 35 |
| Peterborough United | Midland League | 15 |
| Wigan Athletic | Lancashire Combination | 4 |
| Hereford United | Southern League | 3 |
| Bedford Town | Southern League | 2 |
| Headington United | Southern League | 2 |
| King's Lynn | Midland League | 2 |
| Kettering Town | Southern League | 1 |
| Burton Albion | Birmingham & District League | 0 |
| Gloucester City | Southern League | 0 |
| Morecambe | Lancashire Combination | 0 |
| South Shields | North Eastern League | 0 |
| Yeovil Town | Southern League | 0 |