2010–11 Southern Football League

The 2010–11 season was the 108th in the history of the Southern Football League since its establishment in 1894.

Premier Division

Southern Football League Premier Division
Season 2010–11
Champions Truro City
Promoted Truro City
Salisbury City
Relegated Didcot Town
Halesowen Town
Tiverton Town
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1,212 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer Craig Hammond (Cambridge City) - 31
Biggest home win Hednesford Town 9 – 0 Weymouth, 23 October 2010
Biggest away win Halesowen Town 0 – 8 Evesham United, 5 February 2011
Highest scoring

Hednesford Town 9 – 0 Weymouth, 23 October 2010
Stourbridge 7–2 Weymouth, 6 November 2010

Truro City 7–2 Swindon Supermarine, 2 April 2011
Highest attendance 1696 (Truro City 3 – 2 Weymouth, 25 April 2011)
Lowest attendance 47 (Cirencester Town 5 – 0 Halesowen Town, 15 February 2011)
Average attendance 323

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from last season and five new clubs:

At the end of the previous season Salisbury City failed to come out of administration and thus were relegated two divisions down due to a breach of Conference rules. In the middle of the season Windsor & Eton folded due to financial problems, the club was expelled from the league, their record was expunged.

Truro City won the Southern League Premier Division to earn a fourth promotion in five seasons, and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Salisbury City.

Didcot Town, Halesowen Town and Tiverton Town were relegated this season. No clubs were reprieved from relegation from Premier Division for the first time since 2005–06 season.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Truro City (C) (P) 40 27 6 7 91 35 +56 87 Promotion to Conference South
2 Hednesford Town 40 26 5 9 82 38 +44 83 Qualification for play-offs, then transferred to NPL Premier Division
3 Salisbury City (P) 40 23 10 7 82 45 +37 79 Qualification for play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South
4 Cambridge City 40 24 7 9 74 40 +34 79 Qualification for play-offs
5 Leamington 40 24 6 10 68 39 +29 78
6 Chesham United 40 20 11 9 64 35 +29 71
7 Chippenham Town 40 18 14 8 54 41 +13 68
8 Stourbridge 40 18 8 14 72 61 +11 62
9 Brackley Town 40 16 10 14 67 47 +20 58
10 Swindon Supermarine 40 17 7 16 56 58 −2 58
11 Bashley 40 14 10 16 55 63 −8 52
12 Evesham United 40 14 9 17 54 49 +5 51
13 Cirencester Town 40 13 8 19 59 67 −8 47
14 Oxford City 40 11 12 17 48 54 −6 45
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 40 13 6 21 50 59 −9 45
16 Banbury United 40 11 8 21 44 67 −23 040‡
17 Bedford Town 40 10 7 23 41 76 −35 37
18 Weymouth 40 12 8 20 55 85 −30 034*
19 Didcot Town (R) 40 7 11 22 39 69 −30 32 Relegation to Division One South & West
20 Tiverton Town (R) 40 7 8 25 33 77 −44 29
21 Halesowen Town (R) 40 5 9 26 24 107 −83 24
22 Windsor & Eton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00† Club folded, record expunged

Updated to games played on 25 April 2011.
Source: Southern Football League.
†Windsor & Eton FC was wound up in the High Court on 2 February 2011, due to unpaid taxes.[1]
Their record of P26 W8 D12 L6 GF33 GA35 Pts36 was expunged on 8 February.
*Weymouth deducted 10 points for being in administration.
‡Banbury United deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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
      
2 Hednesford Town 3
5 Leamington 1
2 Hednesford Town 2 (2)
3 Salisbury City (pens) 2 (3)
3 Salisbury City 1
4 Cambridge City 0

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
WeymouthBob Lucas Stadium6,600
Hednesford TownKeys Park6,500
Chesham UnitedThe Meadow5,000
Halesowen TownThe Grove5,000
Evesham UnitedSt George's Lane (groundshare with Worcester City)4,749
Cirencester TownCorinium Stadium4,500
Windsor & EtonStag Meadow4,500
BashleyThe Recreation Ground4,250
Bedford TownThe New Eyrie4,000
Brackley TownSt James Park3,500
Salisbury CityRaymond McEnhill Stadium3,500
Tiverton TownLadysmead3,500
Truro CityTreyew Road3,500
Hemel Hempstead TownVauxhall Road3,152
Didcot TownNPower Loop Meadow Stadium3,000
Swindon SupermarineThe Web's Wood Stadium3,000
Chippenham TownHardenhuish Park2,815
Cambridge CityCity Ground2,300
LeamingtonNew Windmill Ground2,300
StourbridgeWar Memorial Athletic Ground2,014
Banbury UnitedSpencer Stadium2,000
Oxford CityCourt Place Farm2,000

Division One Central

Southern Football League Division One Central
Season 2010–11
Champions Arlesey Town
Promoted Arlesey Town
Hitchin Town
Relegated Atherstone Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1,547 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer John Frendo (Hitchin Town) - 28
Biggest home win Arlesey Town 12 – 0 Atherstone Town, 19 February 2011
Biggest away win

Northwood 0 – 7 Hitchin Town, 11 December 2010

Atherstone Town 0 – 7 Marlow, 12 April 2011
Highest scoring Arlesey Town 12 – 0 Atherstone Town, 19 February 2011
Highest attendance 1508 (Hitchin Town 0 – 1 Arlesey Town, 25 April 2011)
Lowest attendance 37 (North Greenford United 2 – 2 Barton Rovers, 8 January 2011)
Average attendance 133

Replacing the Division One Midlands, the Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 teams from previous season, one club relegated from each Southern and Isthmian League Premier Divisions, three clubs transferred from Division One South & West, three feeder league champions and one team transferred from Isthmian League Division One North:

Arlesey Town won the division and were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division along with play-off winners Hitchin Town. Beaconsfield SYCOB finished bottom of the table were reprieved after Premier Division club Windsor & Eton folded and Atherstone Town resigned from the league.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Arlesey Town (C) (P) 42 30 7 5 108 34 +74 088 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Hitchin Town (P) 42 26 9 7 107 44 +63 87 Qualification for play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3 Daventry Town 42 26 9 7 95 47 +48 081‡ Qualification for play-offs
4 Biggleswade Town 42 24 9 9 89 51 +38 81
5 Slough Town 42 24 4 14 91 66 +25 76
6 Rugby Town 42 20 11 11 74 56 +18 71
7 Leighton Town 42 19 12 11 72 50 +22 69
8 Aylesbury 42 19 11 12 73 62 +11 68
9 Woodford United 42 18 9 15 61 59 +2 63
10 Bedfont Town 42 17 12 13 66 66 0 63
11 Marlow 42 15 9 18 68 65 +3 54
12 Barton Rovers 42 14 9 19 59 64 −5 51
13 Uxbridge 42 14 8 20 76 87 −11 50
14 Burnham 42 14 7 21 61 87 −26 49
15 Bedworth United 42 12 12 18 49 62 −13 48
16 Ashford Town 42 13 8 21 69 85 −16 47
17 Soham Town Rangers 42 10 10 22 55 81 −26 40 Transferred to IL Division One North
18 North Greenford United 42 10 10 22 51 86 −35 40
19 A.F.C. Hayes 42 11 6 25 54 96 −42 39
20 Northwood 42 11 6 25 59 106 −47 39
21 Atherstone Town 42 10 6 26 61 118 −57 036* Resigned at the end of the season
22 Beaconsfield Town 42 7 12 23 49 75 −26 33 Reprieved from relegation †

Updated to games played on 25 April 2011.
Source: Southern Football League.
*On 18 December 2010 Atherstone Town announced that they would be resigning from the Southern League at the end of the 2010–11 season.[2]
Arlesey Town deducted 9 points for fielding an ineligible player.
‡Daventry Town deducted 6 points for fielding an ineligible player.
† Beaconsfield SYCOB reprieved from relegation.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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
      
2 Hitchin Town 4
5 Slough Town 1
2 Hitchin Town 2
3 Daventry Town 0
3 Daventry Town 2
4 Biggleswade Town 0

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Rugby TownButlin Road6,000
Daventry TownCommunications Park5,000
Barton RoversSharpenhoe Road4,000
Hitchin TownTop Field4,000
UxbridgeHoneycroft3,770
Atherstone TownSheepy Road3,500
Beaconsfield TownHolloways Park ‡3,500
Bedworth UnitedThe Oval Ground3,500
Slough TownHolloways Park ‡3,500
NorthwoodChestnut Avenue3,075
Biggleswade TownThe Carlsberg Stadium3,000
MarlowAlfred Davis Memorial Ground3,000
Woodford UnitedByfield Road3,000
Arlesey TownaRMadillo Stadium2,920
Leighton TownBell Close2,800
Ashford TownRobert Parker Stadium2,550
BurnhamThe Gore2,500
Bedfont TownThe Orchard2,100
North Greenford UnitedBerkeley Fields2,000
Soham Town RangersJulius Martin Lane2,000
A.F.C. HayesFarm Park1,500
AylesburyHaywood Way1,300

‡ Slough Town and Beaconsfield SYCOB groundshare at Holloways Park.

Division One South & West

Southern Football League Division One South & West
Season 2010–11
Champions AFC Totton
Promoted AFC Totton
Frome Town
Relegated Almondsbury Town
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1,308 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Michael Gosney (AFC Totton) - 36
Biggest home win AFC Totton 9 – 0 Andover, 5 April 2011
Biggest away win

Paulton Rovers 1 – 6 Sholing, 24 January 2011
Stourport Swifts 0 – 5 AFC Totton, 12 February 2011
Andover 0 – 5 Bishops Cleeve, 12 February 2011

Bridgwater Town 0 – 5 Yate Town, 26 March 2011
Highest scoring

Abingdon United 5 – 4 Cinderford Town, 21 August 2010
North Leigh 5 – 4 Almondsbury Town, 8 January 2011
North Leigh 5 – 4 Bideford, 12 February 2011
North Leigh 6 – 3 Bridgwater Town, 29 March 2011

AFC Totton 9 – 0 Andover, 5 April 2011
Highest attendance 744 (AFC Totton 5 – 1 Paulton Rovers, 19 February 2011)
Lowest attendance 32 (Bishops Cleeve 1 – 1 Clevedon Town, 17 November 2010)
Average attendance 147

Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season and featured six new clubs:

Before the start of the season Bromsgrove Rovers were removed from the league due to ground problems.[3] No club was promoted to take the place of Bromsgrove, and therefore the season was played with 21 clubs. VT F.C. were renamed Sholing.

A.F.C. Totton won the title and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Frome Town. In April 2011 it was announced that Almondsbury Town would resign from the league at the end of the season due to ground problems, and so Andover, the only South & West club that finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 AFC Totton (C) (P) 40 31 4 5 121 35 +86 97 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Sholing 40 30 5 5 90 27 +63 95 Qualification for play-offs
3 Mangotsfield United 40 26 7 7 79 48 +31 85
4 Frome Town (P) 40 24 7 9 77 31 +46 79 Qualification for play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5 Thatcham Town 40 20 7 13 70 43 +27 67 Qualification for play-offs
6 North Leigh 40 19 8 13 81 81 0 65
7 Hungerford Town 40 17 12 11 58 43 +15 63
8 Almondsbury Town 40 17 12 11 62 54 +8 063* Resigned at the end of the season
9 Taunton Town 40 16 10 14 49 49 0 58
10 Bideford 40 17 7 16 68 73 −5 58
11 Paulton Rovers 40 15 12 13 64 63 +1 57
12 Cinderford Town 40 16 8 16 63 61 +2 56
13 Gosport Borough 40 16 7 17 58 65 −7 55
14 Yate Town 40 12 8 20 43 48 −5 44
15 Bishop's Cleeve 40 10 12 18 47 59 −12 42
16 Abingdon United 40 11 7 22 56 85 −29 40
17 Stourport Swifts 40 10 10 20 52 81 −29 40
18 Bridgwater Town 40 9 11 20 47 86 −39 38
19 Wimborne Town 40 10 5 25 45 81 −36 35
20 Clevedon Town 40 6 8 26 46 86 −40 26
21 Andover 40 2 5 33 32 109 −77 11 Reprieved from relegation †
22 Bromsgrove Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Removed from League, club later folded

Updated to games played on 25 April 2011.
Source: Southern Football League
*On 7 April 2011 it was announced that Almondsbury Town would resign from the league at the end of the season due to the loss of their playing facilities.[4][5]
† Andover were reprieved from relegation.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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
      
2 Sholing 2
5 Thatcham Town 0
2 Sholing 0
4 Frome Town 1
3 Mangotsfield United 1
4 Frome Town 3

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Yate TownLodge Road2,000
BidefordThe Sports Ground6,000
Paulton RoversAthletic Field5,000
Gosport BoroughPrivett Park4,500
Clevedon TownHand Stadium3,900
Almondsbury TownOaklands Park3,500
Wimborne TownCuthbury3,250
Cinderford TownThe Causeway3,500
AFC TottonTestwood Stadium3,000
AndoverPortway Stadium3,000
Thatcham TownWaterside Park3,000
Bridgwater TownFairfax Park2,500
Hungerford TownBulpit Lane2,500
Mangotsfield UnitedCossham Street2,500
Taunton TownWordsworth Drive2,500
Abingdon UnitedNorthcourt Road2,000
Frome TownBadgers Hill2,000
North LeighEynsham Hall Park Sports Ground2,000
SholingVT Group Sports Ground2,000
Stourport SwiftsWalshes Meadow2,000
Bishop's CleeveKayte Lane1,500

League Cup

2010–11 Southern League Cup
Country  England
Teams 65
Champions Hednesford Town
Runners-up Hemel Hempstead Town

The Southern League Cup 2010–11 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) is the 73rd season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League. 65 clubs took part. The competition commenced on 21 September 2010. The winners were Hednesford Town who beat Hemel Hempstead Town 5–1 on aggregate over two legs.

Calendar

RoundMatches played onMatchesClubs
Preliminary Round21 September 2010265 → 63
First Round25 October 2010 to 3 November 20103163 → 32
Second Round23 November 2010 to 30 December 20101632 → 16
Third Round11 January 2011 to 18 January 2011816 → 8
Quarterfinals8 February 201148 → 4
Semifinals1 March 201124 → 2
Final5 and 12 April 201112 → 1

Preliminary round

In the Preliminary Round, the four lowest ranked clubs in the Southern League played each other for a place in the First Round.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Daventry Town 3–2
AET		 Brackley Town 134
2 Truro City 0–1 Bideford 63

First round

The two clubs to have made it through the Preliminary Round were entered into the draw with every other Southern League club, making sixty-four teams.

Second round

The thirty-two clubs to have made it through the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw. Hednesford Town received a bye to this round.

Third round

The sixteen clubs to have made it through the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw.

1 Hemel Hempsted Town advanced as Windsor & Eton resigned from the Southern League and folded.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

First Leg

Second Leg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Windsor & Eton wound up due to an unpaid tax bill". BBC Sport. 3 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Athestone Town - Adders Resign from League
  3. ↑ "Bromsgrove booted out of Zamaretto League". Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  4. ↑ Gazette Series - Almondsbury Town to withdraw from the Southern League
  5. ↑ "Almonds resign from Zamaretto". Almondsbury Town F.C. 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
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