1950–51 Southern Football League

The 1950–51 Southern Football League season saw Merthyr Tydfil win the championship for the second successive season.^[1] Six Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Final table

The league featured two new clubs:

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Merthyr Tydfil	44	29	8	7	156	66	2.36	66
2	Hereford United	44	27	7	10	110	69	1.59	61
3	Guildford City	44	23	8	13	88	60	1.47	54
4	Chelmsford City	44	21	12	11	84	58	1.45	54
5	Llanelly	44	19	13	12	89	73	1.22	51
6	Cheltenham Town	44	21	8	15	91	61	1.49	50
7	Headington United	44	18	11	15	84	83	1.01	47
8	Torquay United II	44	20	6	18	93	79	1.18	46	Left league at end of season
9	Exeter City II	44	16	12	16	90	94	0.96	44
10	Weymouth	44	16	12	16	82	88	0.93	44
11	Tonbridge	44	16	12	16	79	87	0.91	44
12	Gloucester City	44	16	11	17	81	76	1.07	43
13	Yeovil Town	44	13	15	16	72	72	1	41
14	Worcester City	44	15	11	18	69	78	0.88	41
15	Bath City	44	15	10	19	66	73	0.9	40
16	Dartford	44	14	11	19	61	70	0.87	39
17	Bedford Town	44	15	9	20	64	94	0.68	39
18	Gravesend & Northfleet	44	12	14	18	65	83	0.78	38
19	Kettering Town	44	13	11	20	87	87	1	37
20	Lovells Athletic	44	12	13	19	81	93	0.87	37
21	Kidderminster Harriers	44	13	9	22	58	103	0.56	35
22	Barry Town	44	13	7	24	54	104	0.51	33
23	Hastings United	44	11	6	27	91	143	0.63	28
24	Chingford Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned after 21 matches, record expunged

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League elections

Six Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as only Workington of the North Eastern League received more votes than a League club (New Brighton).^[2]

Club	League	Votes
Watford	Football League	48
Accrington Stanley	Football League	46
Crystal Palace	Football League	45
Workington	North Eastern League	28
New Brighton	Football League	18
Wigan Athletic	Lancashire Combination	4
Nelson	Lancashire Combination	1
North Shields	North Eastern League	1
Worcester City	Southern League	1
Merthyr Tydfil	Southern League	1
Bath City	Southern League	1
Northwich Victoria	Cheshire League	0
South Liverpool	Cheshire League	0
Chelmsford City	Southern League	0
Hereford United	Southern League	0
Peterborough United	Midland League	0
Llanelly	Southern League	0

References

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[1] England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF

[2] A history of admission to the Football League

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