2004–05 Southern Football League

Southern Football League Division One West
Season	2004–05
Champions	Mangotsfield United
Promoted	Mangotsfield United; Yate Town; Evesham United
Relegated	Oxford City; Egham Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,316 (2.85 per match)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Southern Football League Division One East
Season	2004–05
Champions	Fisher Athletic
Promoted	Fisher Athletic; East Thurrock United; Maldon Town
Relegated	Erith & Belvedere; Tilbury
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,434 (3.1 per match)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Southern Football League Premier Division
Season	2004–05
Champions	Histon
Promoted	Histon; Hednesford Town
Relegated	Hemel Hempstead Town; Dunstable Town; Stamford; Solihull Borough
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,391 (3.01 per match)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was the 102nd in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the East Midlands, West Midlands, East, South East and South West England. Therefore, it was the inaugural season for the league at the seventh and eighth tiers in the English league system.

Premier Division

After the creation of the Conference North and South placed above the Southern League, most of the previous season teams were transferred to the newly created divisions.

Histon won the Premier Division and get a second promotion in a row along with play-off winners Hednesford Town. Hemel Hempstead, Dunstable, Stamford and Solihull Moors were relegated and returned to Division Ones.

League formation

The Premier Division featured only six teams from the previous season and 16 new clubs:

Six teams remained in the league:
Six teams promoted from the Division One West:

Four teams promoted from the Division One East:
Three teams transferred from Isthmian League Premier Division:
Three teams promoted from Isthmian League Division One North:

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Histon (C) (P)	42	24	6	12	93	57	+36	78	Promotion to Conference South
2	Chippenham Town	42	22	9	11	81	55	+26	75	Qualification for playoffs
3	Merthyr Tydfil	42	19	14	9	62	47	+15	71	Qualification for playoffs
4	Hednesford Town (O) (P)	42	20	10	12	68	40	+28	70	Qualification for playoffs, then promoted to the Conference North
5	Bedford Town	42	19	12	11	70	52	+18	69	Qualification for playoffs
6	Bath City	42	19	12	11	57	43	+14	69
7	Cirencester Town	42	19	11	12	63	52	+11	68
8	Tiverton Town	42	18	13	11	70	55	+15	67
9	Halesowen Town	42	19	9	14	64	52	+12	66
10	Aylesbury United	42	20	3	19	67	66	+1	63
11	King's Lynn	42	19	4	19	78	69	+9	61
12	Chesham United	42	18	5	19	84	82	+2	59
13	Grantham Town	42	17	7	18	57	55	+2	58
14	Team Bath	42	14	12	16	54	68	−14	54
15	Gloucester City	42	12	17	13	63	61	+2	53
16	Rugby United	42	13	12	17	48	60	−12	51
17	Banbury United	42	13	9	20	56	69	−13	48
18	Hitchin Town	42	13	9	20	55	77	−22	48
19	Hemel Hempstead Town (R)	42	11	10	21	60	88	−28	042^*	Relegation to Division One West
20	Dunstable Town (R)	42	11	6	25	56	98	−42	39	Relegation to Division One West
21	Stamford (R)	42	6	18	18	40	60	−20	36	Relegation to Division One East
22	Solihull Borough (R)	42	10	4	28	45	85	−40	34	Relegation to Division One West

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2006.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Hemel Hempstead Town deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-offs

Semifinals		Final


1	Chippenham Town

4	Bedford Town
		1	Chippenham Town	0

		3	Hednesford Town	1
2	Merthyr Tydfil

3	Hednesford Town

Division One East

After the creation of the Conference North and South one step above the Southern League, most of the Premier Division teams were transferred to the newly created divisions. Сonsequently, most of the Division One East teams took up the empty spots in higher divisions.

Fisher Athletic won the division and were promoted along with runners-up East Thurrock United and play-off winners Maldon Town, who get the second promotion in a row. Erith & Belvedere and Tilbury finished bottom of the league and were relegated.

League formation

In the first season as an eighth tier league, the Division One East featured five teams from the previous season and 17 new clubs:

14 teams promoted from Isthmian League Division One North:

Five teams remained in the league:
Plus:
Beaconsfield SYCOB, promoted as winners of the Spartan South Midlands Football League
Leighton Town, promoted as winners of Isthmian League Division Two
Maldon Town, promoted as runners-up of the Eastern Counties Football League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fisher Athletic (C) (P)	42	30	6	6	96	41	+55	96	Promotion to Isthmian League Premier Division
2	East Thurrock United (P)	42	25	12	5	92	38	+54	87	Promotion to Isthmian League Premier Division
3	Maldon Town (O) (P)	42	27	6	9	92	51	+41	87	Qualification for playoffs, then promoted to IL Premier Division
4	Uxbridge	42	26	7	9	87	37	+50	85	Qualification for playoffs
5	Wivenhoe Town	42	21	11	10	74	49	+25	74
6	Barking & East Ham United	42	20	10	12	63	37	+26	70
7	Boreham Wood	42	19	9	14	80	61	+19	66
8	Barton Rovers	42	20	4	18	76	72	+4	64
9	Waltham Forest	42	16	9	17	68	61	+7	57
10	Leighton Town	42	13	15	14	57	59	−2	54	Transferred to the Division One West
11	Chatham Town	42	15	9	18	53	63	−10	54
12	Wingate & Finchley	42	15	8	19	60	75	−15	53
13	Arlesey Town	42	14	10	18	53	67	−14	52
14	Beaconsfield Town	42	12	12	18	54	65	−11	48	Transferred to the Division One West
15	Harlow Town	42	13	8	21	53	65	−12	47
16	Dartford	42	11	13	18	58	75	−17	46
17	Aveley	42	12	9	21	57	69	−12	45
18	Berkhamsted Town	42	15	7	20	66	101	−35	045^*
19	Sittingbourne	42	10	12	20	53	70	−17	42
20	Great Wakering Rovers	42	9	11	22	45	78	−33	38
21	Erith & Belvedere (R)	42	11	7	24	56	92	−36	037^†	Relegation to Kent League
22	Tilbury (R)	42	6	9	27	41	108	−67	27	Relegation to Essex Senior League

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2006.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Berkhamsted Town deducted 7 points for fielding an ineligible player.
^† Erith & Belvedere deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division One West

After the creation of the Conference North and South one step above the Southern League, most of the Premier Division teams were transferred to the newly created divisions. Сonsequently, most of the Division One West teams took up the empty spots in higher divisions.

Mangotsfield United won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Yate Town and play-off winners Evesham United. Oxford City and Egham Town finished bottom of the table and were relegated.

League formation

In the first season as an eighth tier league, the Division One West featured eleven teams from the previous season and eleven new clubs:

Three teams transferred from the Southern Football League Division One East:
Two teams transferred from Isthmian League Division One North:
- Oxford City
- Thame United
Four teams transferred from Isthmian League Division One South:
Plus:
Brackley Town, promoted as winners of the Hellenic League
Paulton Rovers, promoted as runners-up in the Western League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mangotsfield United (C) (P)	42	24	11	7	89	49	+40	83	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Yate Town (P)	42	24	9	9	83	40	+43	81	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Evesham United (O) (P)	42	23	10	9	66	31	+35	79	Qualification for playoffs, then promoted to the Premier Division
4	Clevedon Town	42	24	6	12	82	49	+33	78	Qualification for playoffs
5	Bromsgrove Rovers	42	19	15	8	60	42	+18	72
6	Ashford Town	42	17	13	12	63	46	+17	64
7	Brackley Town	42	18	10	14	69	53	+16	64
8	Paulton Rovers	42	18	7	17	62	61	+1	61
9	Burnham	42	17	7	18	64	64	0	58
10	Rothwell Town	42	16	10	16	57	57	0	58	Transferred to the Division One East
11	Thame United	42	17	6	19	58	69	−11	57
12	Corby Town	42	14	12	16	52	62	−10	54	Transferred to the Division One East
13	Marlow	42	13	14	15	58	67	−9	53
14	Stourport Swifts	42	15	7	20	62	63	−1	52
15	Bedworth United	42	15	7	20	51	60	−9	52
16	Cinderford Town	42	13	12	17	50	64	−14	51
17	Taunton Town	42	14	8	20	66	75	−9	50
18	Sutton Coldfield Town	42	16	11	15	54	61	−7	048^*
19	Swindon Supermarine	42	12	12	18	43	60	−17	48
20	Bracknell Town	42	10	13	19	53	75	−22	43
21	Oxford City (R)	42	11	8	23	49	71	−22	41	Relegation to Spartan South Midlands League
22	Egham Town (R)	42	6	4	32	25	97	−72	22	Relegation to IL Division Two

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2006.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Sutton Coldfield Town deducted 11 points for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

External links

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